νήρια

Cappadocian Greek

Etymology

From Armenian նեռ (neṙ).

Noun

νήρια (níria)

1. (in folk songs) Charon or Death; (among women) the other world

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 200