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խոյր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Parthian xwwd (*xōẟ, helmet), whence also Persian خود (xud); see there for more. Related to արտախոյր (artaxoyr).

Noun

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խոյր (xoyr)

  1. diadem, tiara (of an Oriental monarch)

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative խոյր (xoyr) խոյրք (xoyrkʻ)
genitive խուրի (xuri) խուրից (xuricʻ)
dative խուրի (xuri) խուրից (xuricʻ)
accusative խոյր (xoyr) խոյրս (xoyrs)
ablative խուրէ (xurē) խուրից (xuricʻ)
instrumental խուրիւ (xuriw) խուրիւք (xuriwkʻ)
locative խուրի (xuri) խոյրս (xoyrs)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խույր (xuyr)
  • Old Georgian: ხჳრი (xwiri)

References

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