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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian կշիւռ (kšiwṙ), կշիռ (kšiṙ).
Noun
կշիւռ • (kšiwṙ)
- weight
1252 – 1253,
Smbat Sparapet,
Ansizkʻ Antiokʻay 19:
[1]- Եւ թէ առ խանութ գտվի չափ կամ կշիւռ, կամ գան, կամ կանգուն, կամ այլ յայսպիսեացս՝ ծուռ կամ պակաս, նա վճարէ տուգանք ԼԶ սօլ։
- Ew tʻē aṙ xanutʻ gtvi čʻapʻ kam kšiwṙ, kam gan, kam kangun, kam ayl yayspiseacʻs, cuṙ kam pakas, na včarē tugankʻ LZ sōl.
- Translation by Ġewond Ališan
- Et si l’on trouve dans les boutiques des mesures, des poids, de gan, ou d’aune, et toute autre chose de cette sorte, (qui soit) falsifiée ou défectueuse, il faut que le délinquant paie une amende de 36 sous.
References
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կշիռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 611a
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 196, footnote 10