կահոյր

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open. According to J̌ahukyan, borrowed from an unknown Iranian source, probably descended from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“a kind of dish or pot”); compare Sanskrit चरु (carú-, “kinde of vessel, pot”). See Pokorny for this root.

Noun

կահոյր • (kahoyr)

pitcher, pot, jug, jar

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon, attested only in Buzand.

Descendants

Armenian: կահույր (kahuyr)

References

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կահոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 320b
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կահոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1036b
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կահոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 490b
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կահոյր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 375b
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “642”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 642