գրիւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glyw' /⁠grīw⁠/, a grain measure, modius, peck). Arabic جَرِيب (jarīb) is from the same source.

Noun

գրիւ • (griw)

  1. a grain measure

Declension

  • գրուան (gruan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գրիվ (griv)
  • Old Georgian: გრივი (grivi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գրիւ”, 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) “գրիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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