կոյր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. See Persian کور (kur) for more.

Adjective

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կոյր (koyr)

  1. blind
    կոյր գործելkoyr gorcelto blind
    կոյր հնազանդութիւն, հպատակութիւնkoyr hnazandutʻiwn, hpatakutʻiwnpassive, implicit obedience; blind submission
    միով ակամբ կոյրmiov akamb koyrone-eyed, blind of one eye
    լաւ է կոյր աչօք քան կոյր մտօքlaw ē koyr ačʻōkʻ kʻan koyr mtōkʻit is better to be blind of an eye than to want understanding; better want of sight than intellectual blindness
    կո՛յր բաղդkóyr bałdblind fortune!
    կոյր ի ծնէkoyr i cnēborn-blind, blind from his birth

Declension

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Adverb

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կոյր (koyr)

  1. blindly

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կույր (kuyr)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոյր”, 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 631ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1115a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 354–355