# փետուր
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
** փիտուր (pʻitur) — Van
** փիտուռ (pʻituṙ) — Salmas
** փէդուր (pʻēdur) — Sivas
** փիդօ̈ր (pʻidör) — Svedia
** փութուր (pʻutʻur) — Maragheh
** թեփուռ (tʻepʻuṙ) — New Julfa
** թէփուռ (tʻēpʻuṙ) — Goris, Karabakh, Shamakhi
** թա̈փո̈ւռ (tʻäpʻüṙ) — Agulis
** թեպուր (tʻepur) — Akhaltsikhe, Erzurum
** թէբուր (tʻēbur) — Alashkert, Kharberd, Hamshen, Mush, Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas
** թէբուռ (tʻēbuṙ) — Akn, Tekirdağ
** թէբո̈ւր (tʻēbür) — Aslanbeg
** թօբույ (tʻōbuy), թօբուր (tʻōbur) — Zeitun
** թուբուլ (tʻubul) — Haçin
* dialectal forms recorded in literary-like orthography
** թեւուր (tʻewur) (in Rivola; influenced by թեւ (tʻew, “wing”))

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian փետուր (pʻetur).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /pʰeˈtuɾ/, [pʰetúɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /peˈduɾ/, [pʰedúɾ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

փետուր • (pʻetur)
* feather

#### Derived terms

* փետրել (pʻetrel)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փետուր”, 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, pages 498–499

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* փայտուր (pʻaytur)

### Etymology

The etymology remains uncertain.
Since long connected with the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“wing; feather”), but Armenian is usually not considered to be inherited from the latter because of phonological problems (e.g. Proto-Indo-European *pe- would yield Old Armenian հե- (he-)). Ačaṙyan and J̌ahukyan imply, that we may be dealing with an early borrowing from some descendant of that Proto-Indo-European root, Ačaṙyan pointing specifically to Hittite 𒁁𒋻 n (pattar, “wing”), which should perhaps be read as pettar.
On the other hand, Martirosyan and Simon are more positive about the inheritance, Martirosyan reconstructing a nominative singular auslaut *-ōr with a question mark.
In Middle Armenian and dialects the form թեպուր (tʻepur) is also attested.

### Noun

փետուր • (pʻetur)
* feather
    նուրբ, մանր փետուրք ― nurb, manr pʻeturkʻ ― down, soft feathers
    խոշոր փետուրք ― xošor pʻeturkʻ ― master or longest quills
    յարդարել զփետուրս ― yardarel zpʻeturs ― to preen, cleanse or dress the feathers
    աւել ի փետրոց ― awel i pʻetrocʻ ― featherbroom

#### Derived terms

* լուսափետուր (lusapʻetur)
* նորափետուր (norapʻetur)
* ոսկեփետուր (oskepʻetur)
* ոսկիփետուր (oskipʻetur)
* փետրալի (pʻetrali)
* փետրալից (pʻetralicʻ)
* փետրամօրուս (pʻetramōrus)
* փետրիկ (pʻetrik)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: փետուր (pʻetur)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փետուր”, 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, pages 498–499
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փետուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 500–501
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 262
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “փետուր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 763a
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “tʿitʿełn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 293
* Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎ (in German), volume 10, number 2, page 110
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փետուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy