արտախոյր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Median *arītaxōδ, from Proto-Iranian *riHtáh (“face”) (whence Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐽂 (ryt /⁠rīt, rēt⁠/, “face”)) + *xáwdaH (“cover”) (whence Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭𐎠 (x-u-d-a /⁠xaudā⁠/, “hat”), Old Armenian խոյր (xoyr)).

Noun

արտախոյր • (artaxoyr)

1. tiara, mitre, diadem
2. (figuratively) Jupiter (planet)
3. veil, face cover

Derived terms

• արտախուրակ (artaxurak)
• արտախուրակեմ (artaxurakem)
• արտախուրեմ (artaxurem)

Descendants

• Armenian: Արտախույր (Artaxuyr)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արտախոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արտախոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արտախոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• 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 10