ամուրի

Etymology
From ; see below.

Adjective

 * 1) unmarried, single, celibate

Noun

 * 1) unmarried, single person, celibate
 * 2) widowed man

Etymology
Usually derived from, composed of and the root which yielded Sanskrit. Thus, a semantic development ‘without a child’ → ‘unmarried’ or ‘male without a legitimate child’ → ‘man without own family, unmarried’ is implied. This etymology is formally uncertain.

Classical attestations seem to point to a basic meaning ‘unmarried or widowed (woman)’ which leads Martirosyan to tentatively derive the word from, from , composed of the privative suffix (whence ) and , from. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) unmarried, single, widowed
 * 2)  wifeless
 * 1)  wifeless

Noun

 * 1) unmarried woman