# ժուռ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian ժուռ (žuṙ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ʒur/, [ʒur]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ʒuɾ/, [ʒuɾ]

### Noun

ժուռ • (žuṙ) (dialectal)
* unripe grapes, sour grapes
    Synonym: ազոխ (azox)
** ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 23:ժուռ․ ակրէսթէžuṙ; akrēstʻēժուռ (žuṙ) = agreste
* wild grapes
* (Khotorjur) grapes (all grapes in Khotorjur being sour, the word has replaced there խաղող (xaġoġ))
    Synonym: խաղող (xaġoġ)

#### Declension
### Adjective

ժուռ • (žuṙ) (superlative ամենաժուռ) (dialectal)
* unripe
    Synonyms: խակ (xak), տհաս (thas)
* sour
    Synonym: թթու (tʻtʻu)
* (figuratively) undeveloped
* (figuratively) sour, sullen

#### Declension
### Derived terms

* անժուռ (anžuṙ)
* ժռաջուր (žṙaǰur)
* ժռչոր (žṙčʻor)
* ժռվենի (žṙveni)
* ժուռ-մուռ (žuṙ-muṙ)
* ժուռկուճոպ (žuṙkučop)

### References

* ↑ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 224

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժուռ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 394a
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 234a
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժուռ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 163ab

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Northern Kurdish jûr, cûr, Central Kurdish ژێڵ (jêll), ھاڵەژێر (hallejêr, “grapevine blossom”) and Persian غوره (ğure, “unripe grapes, sour grapes”).

### Noun

ժուռ • (žuṙ)
* unripe grapes, sour grapes
    Synonym: ազոխ (azox)

#### Usage notes

The form *ժիռ (*žiṙ) given in NHB does not exist. It was back-formed from the ablative ի ժըռէն (i žəṙēn).

### Adjective

ժուռ • (žuṙ)
* unripe
    Synonym: խակ (xak)

### Derived terms

* ժուռուժուռ (žuṙužuṙ)
* ժռատ (žṙat)
* ժռութիւն (žṙutʻiwn)

### Descendants

* Armenian: ժուռ (žuṙ)

### References

* ↑ Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques‎ (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 159
* ↑ Hejar (1990) “ژێڵ”, in Henbane borîne‎, Tehran: Soroush, page 403
* ↑ Hejar (1990) “ھاڵەژێر”, in Henbane borîne‎, Tehran: Soroush, page 941
* ↑ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժիռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 835a

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 234a, unknown origin
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 840a
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ժուռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 282b, unknown origin
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ժուռ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 259b
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ժուռ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 244