արտախոյր

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Median *arītaxōδ, from Proto-Iranian *riHtáh (face) (whence Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐽂 (ryt /⁠rīt, rēt⁠/, face)) + *xáwdaH (cover) (whence Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭𐎠 (x-u-d-a /⁠xaudā⁠/, hat), Old Armenian խոյր (xoyr)).

Noun

արտախոյր (artaxoyr)

  1. tiara, mitre, diadem
  2. (figuratively) Jupiter (planet)
  3. veil, face cover

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: Արտախույր (Artaxuyr)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արտախոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արտախոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արտախոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 10