այրի

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian այրի (ayri).

Pronunciation

Noun

այրի (ayri)

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

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

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Adjective

այրի (ayri)

  1. widowed

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: այրի (ayri)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, pages 53, 63