սնգոյր

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Surely an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian شنگار (šengâr), Arabized شنجار (šenjâr, melilot; bugloss), from the red roots of which men made rouge. Related to Georgian სინგური (singuri).

Noun

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սնգոյր (sngoyr)

  1. rouge, blush
    ի սնգոյր շպարեմi sngoyr šparemto use paint, to rouge, to paint, to bedaub oneself or one's face
  2. deadly nightshade

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սնգույր (snguyr)

References

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