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արոյր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Parthian 𐫡𐫇𐫔 (rwδ /⁠rōδ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hrawdáh (copper, brass), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás. The prothetic ա- (a-) is a regular inner-Armenian development as Armenian phonotactics do not allow a word to start with a ր- (r-).

Noun

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արոյր (aroyr)

  1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative արոյր (aroyr) արոյրք (aroyrkʻ)
genitive արուրի (aruri) արուրից (aruricʻ)
dative արուրի (aruri) արուրից (aruricʻ)
accusative արոյր (aroyr) արոյրս (aroyrs)
ablative արուրէ (arurē) արուրից (aruricʻ)
instrumental արուրիւ (aruriw) արուրիւք (aruriwkʻ)
locative արուրի (aruri) արոյրս (aroyrs)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արույր (aruyr) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: რვალი (rvali) (or directly from Iranian)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 331ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 111
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8