բոյր

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See also: բույր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *βōδ⁠. Compare Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /⁠bōy⁠/, smell, scent; incense), Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /⁠bōy⁠/, smell, scent; incense), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌 (baoiδi, scent), Sogdian (bwd /⁠βōδ⁠/, incense), Persian بو (bu, smell), Pashto بوى (buy, smell), Ossetian буд (bud, incense), Baluchi بود (būd, smell).

Noun

բոյր (boyr)

  1. smell, odour (good or bad)

Usage notes

In the classical period not attested outside compounds.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բույր (buyr)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոյրք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy