կիր

Inherited from Old Armenian կիր (kir).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kiɾ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡiɾ]

կիր • (kir)

1. lime (calcium-containing inorganic mineral)

• → Zazaki: kirey

From Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).

կիր • (kir)

1. lime (calcium-containing inorganic mineral)
2. (figuratively, pathology) a kind of white blister, morphew (a malignant itch)

• Armenian: կիր (kir)
  • → Zazaki: kirey
• → Old Georgian: კირი (ḳiri) (see there for further descendants)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, 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, pages 593–594
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1099c
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Uncertain. According to Ałayan, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷērh₂-, from *gʷerh₂- (“heavy”).

The sense of "Passover" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), which was mistakenly etymologized from πάσχω (páskhō, “to bear, suffer”). The rest of the senses all developed from the basic meaning "to bear, to carry".

կիր • (kir)

1. the act of carrying, bearing or being subjected to an action
2. use, application

   ի կիր ածել ― i kir acel ― to put to use

   ի կիր առնուլ ― i kir aṙnul ― to put to use

   ի կիր արկանել ― i kir arkanel ― to put to use

3. (in the plural) suffering
4. (in the plural) passion, inner feeling
5. (in the plural) Passover
6. (in the plural) quality, character
7. (in the plural, grammar) symbol used to split a word into syllables

• → Armenian: կիրք (kirkʻ), ⇒ կիրառել (kiraṙel), ⇒ կիրարկել (kirarkel) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, 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 594ab
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 84–85
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 1099c–1100a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կիրք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1100bc
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կիր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “կիր”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “կիրք”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 736–737
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիրք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy