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բոյր

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See also: բույր

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *βōδ⁠. Compare Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /⁠bōy⁠/, smell, scent; incense), Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /⁠bōy⁠/, smell, scent; incense), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌 (baoiδi, scent), Sogdian [script needed] (bwd /⁠βōδ⁠/, incense), Persian بو (bu, smell), Pashto بوى (buy, smell), Ossetian буд (bud, incense), Baluchi بود (būd, smell).

Noun

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բոյր (boyr)

  1. smell, odour (good or bad)

Usage notes

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In the classical period not attested outside compounds.

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative բոյր (boyr) բոյրք (boyrkʻ)
genitive բուրի (buri) բուրից (buricʻ)
dative բուրի (buri) բուրից (buricʻ)
accusative բոյր (boyr) բոյրս (boyrs)
ablative բուրէ (burē) բուրից (buricʻ)
instrumental բուրիւ (buriw) բուրիւք (buriwkʻ)
locative բուրի (buri) բոյրս (boyrs)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բույր (buyr)

References

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