մուխայար

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մուխայեար (muxayear), ultimately from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar).

Noun

մուխայար • (muxayar) (obsolete)

  1. mohair
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 40:[1]
      մուխայար․ մուքայարօ
      muxayar; mukʻayarō
      մուխայար (muxayar) = mocaiarro

References
  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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), Leuven: Peeters, page 234

Further reading
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մուխայեար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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