խոյր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Parthian xwwd (*xōẟ, helmet), whence also Persian خود (xud); see there for more. Related to արտախոյր (artaxoyr).

Noun

խոյր • (xoyr)

  1. diadem, tiara (of an Oriental monarch)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ապախուրեմ (apaxurem)
  • խոյրագործ (xoyragorc)
  • խոյրադիր (xoyradir)
  • խոյրակերպ (xoyrakerp)
  • խոյրապսակազարդ (xoyrapsakazard)
  • խոյրարար (xoyrarar)
  • խոյրաքանդակ (xoyrakʻandak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խույր (xuyr)
  • Old Georgian: ხჳრი (xwiri)

References

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