խայրի

From Old Armenian խայրի (xayri); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /χɑjˈɾi/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /χɑjˈɾi/,
• Hyphenation: խայ‧րի

խայրի • (xayri)

1. (archaic, poetic) fruit, produce
2. (archaic, poetic) offering, gift

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “խայրի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps an early Arabic borrowing; compare Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, wealth”).

խայրի • (xayri)

1. fruit, harvest (as an offering, oblation)
2. first fruit or harvest

• Armenian: խայրի (xayri)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խայրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խայրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խայրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խայրի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257