բոյր

See also: բույր

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

բոյր • (boyr)

  1. smell, odour (good or bad)

Usage notes

In the classical period not attested outside compounds.

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամենաբուրեան (amenaburean)
  • անուշաբոյր (anušaboyr)
  • անուշաբուրակ (anušaburak)
  • անուշաբուրիչ (anušaburičʻ)
  • բազմաբուրեան (bazmaburean)
  • բուրազուարթ (burazuartʻ)
  • բուրանոց (buranocʻ)
  • բուրացուցանեմ (buracʻucʻanem)
  • բուրեմ (burem)
  • բուրեցուցանեմ (burecʻucʻanem)
  • բուրիչ (buričʻ)
  • բուրկէն (burkēn)
  • բուրումն (burumn)
  • նախաբուրական (naxaburakan)
  • պարաբուրեմ (paraburem)
  • սաստկաբուրումն (sastkaburumn)
  • քառաբուրեան (kʻaṙaburean)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բույր (buyr)

References

  • 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
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