տարր

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տարր (tarr).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tɑɾɾ/, [tɑɹː]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /dɑɾɾ/, [dɑɹː]

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տարր • (tarr)

1. (chemistry) element

   քիմիական տարր ― kʻimiakan tarr ― chemical element

2. element, rudiment, principle, fundamental
3. component
4. element (member of a social group)

• տառ (taṙ), տարերք (tarerkʻ)

The origin is uncertain.

One suggestion is that it is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree, wood”),^[1] via a Pre-Armenian r/u-stem noun *dóru-r, taking the zero-grade from the oblique *dr̥u-,^[2] or directly from *dóru through an o-u → a-u dissimilatory umlaut.^[3] In this case cognate with տորգ (torg), տոռն (toṙn), տարգալ (targal). For the sense development Martirosyan compares Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber; material, matter”).

տարր • (tarr)

1. element, elementary substance or matter

   տարերք ― tarerkʻ ― elements; rudiments

   տարերք կենաց ― tarerkʻ kenacʻ ― the elements of life

   ըստ տարերց աշխարհի ― əst tarercʻ ašxarhi ― according to the worldly maxims

2. (grammar) article; letter

• → Armenian: տարր (tarr), տարերք (tarerkʻ) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տարր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տարր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տարր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy