այրի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian այրի (ayri).

Pronunciation

Noun

այրի (ayri)

  1. widow or widower (usually a widow)
    այրի կինayri kinwidow
    այրի տղամարդayri tłamardwidower

Declension

Adjective

այրի (ayri)

  1. widowed

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Through haplology from Proto-Armenian *ananiríya-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₂nēr-yeh₂-, composed of the privative prefix *n̥-, whence ան- (an-), and *h₂nḗr (man, husband), whence այր (ayr).

Noun

այրի (ayri)

  1. widow
  2. widower (attested in this sense only once)

Declension

Adjective

այրի (ayri)

  1. widowed

Declension

Derived terms

  • այրենոց (ayrenocʿ)
  • այրիութիւն (ayriutʿiwn)
  • այրութիւն (ayrutʿiwn)
  • այրւանամ (ayrwanam)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), այրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), այրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), այրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 53, 63
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