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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd). Possibly related to Old Armenian Բերոյ (Beroy) and Վրոյր (Vroyr).
Proper noun
Վիրոյ • (Viroy)
- a male given name, Viroy or Viro
7–10th century,
Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi,
Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi 2.14:
[1][2]- Ընդ որս էր և կաթողիկոսն մեծ իշխանութեանն Աղուանից՝ Վիրոյ (var. Վերոյ) անուն նորա․ այր հանճարեղ և իմաստուն, զօրաւոր ի բանս իմաստութեան […]
- Ənd ors ēr ew katʻołikosn mec išxanutʻeann Ałuanicʻ, Viroy (var. Veroy) anun nora; ayr hančareł ew imastun, zōrawor i bans imastutʻean […]
- Translation by C. J. F. Dowsett
- Among them was the catholicos of the great principality of Albania called Viroy, an intelligent and wise man, strong in words of wisdom
13th century,
Patmutʻiwn vracʻ :
[3][4]- Եւ վասն այսորիկ ատեցին զնա Վիրք, և խնդրեցին իւրեանց թագաւոր՝ զորդի թագաւորին Հայոց զՎրոյն՝ զքեռորդի Համազասպայ։ Եւ թագաւորեաց Վիրոն ի վերայ Վրաց
- Ew vasn aysorik atecʻin zna Virkʻ, ew xndrecʻin iwreancʻ tʻagawor, zordi tʻagaworin Hayocʻ zVroyn, zkʻeṙordi Hamazaspay. […] Ew tʻagaworeacʻ Viron i veray Vracʻ […]
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Therefore the Georgians hated him. They sought as king for themselves the son of the Armenian king, Vroyn the nephew of Hamazasp. So Vroyn ruled over the Georgians.
Usage notes
Attested as the name of two persons: (1) a catholicos of Caucasian Albania and (2) a king of Georgia, son of Artašēs.
Declension
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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Վիրոյ (Viroy)
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| genitive
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Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
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| dative
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Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
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| accusative
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Վիրոյ (Viroy)
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| ablative
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Վիրոյէ (Viroyē)
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| instrumental
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Վիրոյիւ (Viroyiw)
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| locative
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Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
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Descendants
- → Armenian: Վիրո (Viro) (learned)
References
- ^ Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi (1983) V. Aṙakʻelyan, editor, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 150
- ^ Dowsett, C. J. F. (1961) The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i (English translation and commentary) (London Oriental Series; 8), London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
- ^ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 38
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67–68, taking the definite article -ն (-n) to be part of the name
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վիրոյ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 123
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 509
- Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 55, number 1, page 23
- Henning, W. (1954) “Notes on the great inscription of Šāpūr I”, in Prof. Jackson memorial volume: Papers on Iranian subjects., Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, page 54 of 40–54
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Vīrōi”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 371a
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 802, page 365