ժահր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ժահր (žahr).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ˈʒɑhəɾ]
  • (file)

Noun

ժահր (žahr)

  1. (dated) poison
    Synonym: թոյն (tʿoyn)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ժահռ (žahṙ)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian zʾhl (/zahr/).

Noun

ժահր (žahr)

  1. poison
    Synonym: թոյն (tʿoyn)
    • 11th century, Grigor Magistros, Grigor Magistrosi tʿłtʿerə [The letters of Grigor Magistros] :
      Ե՛կ դու․ յորժամ Աղէքսանդրոս զմահացուցիչն կամէր արտաքսել, դարձուցանելով կրկին թեւոյն թաթախեալ ի ժահր, սպանութեան եղեւ փութացուցիչ։
      Ék du; yoržam Ałēkʿsandros zmahacʿucʿičʿn kamēr artakʿsel, darjucʿanelov krkin tʿewoyn tʿatʿaxeal i žahr, spanutʿean ełew pʿutʿacʿucʿičʿ.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ժահր”, 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
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ժահր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ժահր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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