Վիրոյ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Վրոյ (Vroy)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd). Possibly related to Old Armenian Բերոյ (Beroy) and Վրոյր (Vroyr).

Proper noun

Վիրոյ • (Viroy)

a male given name, Viroy or Viro
- 7–10th century, Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania] 2.14:^[1]^[2]
  Ընդ որս էր և կաթողիկոսն մեծ իշխանութեանն Աղուանից՝ Վիրոյ (var. Վերոյ) անուն նորա․ այր հանճարեղ և իմաստուն, զօրաւոր ի բանս իմաստութեան […]
  Ənd ors ēr ew katʻołikosn mec išxanutʻeann Ałuanicʻ, Viroy (var. Veroy) anun nora; ayr hančareł ew imastun, zōrawor i bans imastutʻean […]
  Translation by C. J. F. Dowsett
  Among them was the catholicos of the great principality of Albania called Viroy, an intelligent and wise man, strong in words of wisdom […]
- 13th century, Patmutʻiwn vracʻ [The History of Georgians] :^[3]^[4]
  Եւ վասն այսորիկ ատեցին զնա Վիրք, և խնդրեցին իւրեանց թագաւոր՝ զորդի թագաւորին Հայոց զՎրոյն՝ զքեռորդի Համազասպայ։ […] Եւ թագաւորեաց Վիրոն ի վերայ Վրաց […]
  Ew vasn aysorik atecʻin zna Virkʻ, ew xndrecʻin iwreancʻ tʻagawor, zordi tʻagaworin Hayocʻ zVroyn, zkʻeṙordi Hamazaspay. […] Ew tʻagaworeacʻ Viron i veray Vracʻ […]
  Translation by Robert W. Thomson
  Therefore the Georgians hated him. They sought as king for themselves the son of the Armenian king, Vroyn^[sic] the nephew of Hamazasp. […] So Vroyn^[sic] ruled over the Georgians.

Usage notes

Attested as the name of two persons: (1) a catholicos of Caucasian Albania and (2) a king of Georgia, son of Artašēs.

Declension

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Վիրոյ (Viroy)
genitive	Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
dative	Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
accusative	Վիրոյ (Viroy)
ablative	Վիրոյէ (Viroyē)
instrumental	Վիրոյիւ (Viroyiw)
locative	Վիրոյի (Viroyi)

Descendants

→ Armenian: Վիրո (Viro) (learned)

References

^ Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi (1983) V. Aṙakʻelyan, editor, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania]‎^[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 150
^ Dowsett, C. J. F. (1961) The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i (English translation and commentary) (London Oriental Series; 8)‎^[2], London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
^ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 38
^ Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67–68, taking the definite article -ն (-n) to be part of the name

Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վիրոյ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 123
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 509
Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎^[3], volume 55, number 1, page 23
Henning, W. (1954) “Notes on the great inscription of Šāpūr I”, in Prof. Jackson memorial volume: Papers on Iranian subjects., Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, page 54 of 40–54
Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Vīrōi”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[4] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 371a
Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 802, page 365

[1] Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi (1983) V. Aṙakʻelyan, editor, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania]‎^[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 150

[2] Dowsett, C. J. F. (1961) The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i (English translation and commentary) (London Oriental Series; 8)‎^[2], London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93

[3] J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 38

[Thomson-4] Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67–68, taking the definite article -ն (-n) to be part of the name

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