ոռնամ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From *որունամ (*orunam), from *որուն- (*orun-), from *րուն- (*run-), from *րու- (*ru-), from Proto-Indo-European *rū- (to roar, cry hoarsely). Cognates include Sanskrit रौति (rauti, to cry loud), Ancient Greek ὠρύομαι (ōrúomai, to howl, roar), Latin rūmor, rāvus (hoarse, husky), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna), German raunen (to whisper), Russian реветь (revetʹ), etc.

Verb

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ոռնամ (oṙnam)  (aorist indicative ոռնացի or ոռնացայ)

  1. to howl, yell, roar (of various animals)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ոռնալ (oṙnal)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոռնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոռնալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press