# ծոր
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /t͡soɾ/, [t͡soɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /d͡zoɾ/, [d͡zoɾ]

### Etymology 1

From Middle Armenian ծոր (cor).

#### Alternative forms

* ձօ̈ր (jör) — Sivas, dialectological notation
* ձօրձօր (jōrjōr) — Bayburt, dialectological notation

#### Noun

ծոր • (cor)
* common barberry, Berberis vulgaris (plant and berry)
    Synonyms: կծոխուր (kcoxur), զրիշկ (zrišk), (plant) ծորենի (coreni)

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծոր”, 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, pages 468–469

### Etymology 2

Deverbal of ծորալ (coral).

#### Noun

ծոր • (cor) (rare)
* an act of leaking, trickling of liquids and viscous materials
    Synonym: ծորում (corum)

##### Declension
## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is unknown. Compare dialectal Georgian წორო (c̣oro), მწორო (mc̣oro, “rowan”). For the semantics see the correspondence in սին (sin).

### Noun

ծոր • (cor)
* common barberry, Berberis vulgaris (plant and berry)
    Synonyms: կոծոխուր (kocoxur), զրիշկ (zrišk)
** 1184, Mxitʻar Heracʻi, J̌ermancʻ mxitʻarutʻiwn [Relief of Fevers] :աղա եւ մաղէ, և տուր մուզ ծորի ջրով կամ նռանaġa ew maġē, ew tur muz cori ǰrov kam nṙan
** 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] :Կոծուխոռ․ ծոր․ յիշած է:Kocuxoṙ; cor; yišac ē:Kocuxoṙ = Is the cor. It is mentioned.

#### Derived terms

* ծորենի (coreni)
* ծորի (cori)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ծոր (cor)

### References

* ↑ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 1307, page 236
* ↑ Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 1053, page 192

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծոր”, 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, pages 468–469
* Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ծոր”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1218, page 277
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ծոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1026b
* Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, 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) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 31, footnote 59
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ծոր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 350a
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 315ab
* Seidel, Ernst (1908) Mechithar’s, des Meisterarztes aus Her, ‘Trost bei Fiebern’: nach dem Venediger Druck vom Jahre 1832 zum ersten Male aus dem Mittelarmenischen übersetzt und erläutert (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, § 138, page 154
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86