քոյր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

քոյր (kʿoyr)

  1. sister
  2. nun
Declension

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: քոյր- (kʿoyr-), քեռ- (kʿeṙ-), քուր- (kʿur-), քոր- (kʿor-), քուեր- (kʿuer-).

Derived terms

  • քեռի (kʿeṙi)
  • քեռորդեակ (kʿeṙordeak)
  • քեռորդի (kʿeṙordi)
  • քոյրագիր (kʿoyragir)
  • քոյրաթիւ (kʿoyratʿiw)
  • քոյրատեաց (kʿoyrateacʿ)
  • քոյրգիր (kʿoyrgir)
  • քորորդի (kʿorordi)
  • քուերորդի (kʿuerordi)
  • քուրական (kʿurakan)
  • քուրասիրութիւն (kʿurasirutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), քոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), քոյր”, 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
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387, 388
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), քոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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