ռամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ըռէմ (əṙēm) — Constantinople

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ռամ (ṙam). In some dialects probably borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish cognate: compare dialectal Turkish rem.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /rɑm/, [rɑm]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /rɑm/, [rɑm]

Noun

ռամ • (ṙam) (dialectal)

1. geomancy
   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 53:

     ռամ․ քապօլայ

     ṙam; kʻapōlay

     ռամ (ṙam) = *cabola [compare cabala]

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	ռամ (ṙam)	ռամեր (ṙamer)
dative	ռամի (ṙami)	ռամերի (ṙameri)
ablative	ռամից (ṙamicʻ)	ռամերից (ṙamericʻ)
instrumental	ռամով (ṙamov)	ռամերով (ṙamerov)
locative	ռամում (ṙamum)	ռամերում (ṙamerum)
	definite forms
nominative	ռամը/ռամն (ṙamə/ṙamn)	ռամերը/ռամերն (ṙamerə/ṙamern)
dative	ռամին (ṙamin)	ռամերին (ṙamerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ռամս (ṙams)	ռամերս (ṙamers)
dative	ռամիս (ṙamis)	ռամերիս (ṙameris)
ablative	ռամիցս (ṙamicʻs)	ռամերիցս (ṙamericʻs)
instrumental	ռամովս (ṙamovs)	ռամերովս (ṙamerovs)
locative	ռամումս (ṙamums)	ռամերումս (ṙamerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ռամդ (ṙamd)	ռամերդ (ṙamerd)
dative	ռամիդ (ṙamid)	ռամերիդ (ṙamerid)
ablative	ռամիցդ (ṙamicʻd)	ռամերիցդ (ṙamericʻd)
instrumental	ռամովդ (ṙamovd)	ռամերովդ (ṙamerovd)
locative	ռամումդ (ṙamumd)	ռամերումդ (ṙamerumd)

Derived terms

• ռամհարություն (ṙamharutʻyun)

Related terms

• ռամալ (ṙamal)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ըռէմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 111
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ռամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 139b
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ռամ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 156
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “ռամ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 226b

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• ըռամ (əṙam)

Etymology

From Arabic رَمْل (raml).

Noun

ռամ • (ṙam)

1. geomancy

Derived terms

• ըռամախօս (əṙamaxōs)
• ըռամբզարկ (əṙambzark)
• ըռամգիրք (əṙamgirkʻ)
• ըռըմբզարկ (əṙəmbzark)
• ըռմբզարկ (əṙmbzark)
• ռամզարկ (ṙamzark)
• ռամզարկութիւն (ṙamzarkutʻiwn)
• ռամտես (ṙamtes)

 

Related terms

• ռամալ (ṙamal)

Descendants

• Armenian: ռամ (ṙam)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ռամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 139b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ըռամ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 223b
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ռամ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 669