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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. See Persian کور (kur) for more.
Adjective
կոյր • (koyr)
- blind
- կոյր գործել ― koyr gorcel ― to blind
- կոյր հնազանդութիւն, հպատակութիւն ― koyr hnazandutʻiwn, hpatakutʻiwn ― passive, implicit obedience; blind submission
- միով ակամբ կոյր ― miov akamb koyr ― one-eyed, blind of one eye
- լաւ է կոյր աչօք քան կոյր մտօք ― law ē koyr ačʻōkʻ kʻan koyr mtōkʻ ― it is better to be blind of an eye than to want understanding; better want of sight than intellectual blindness
- կո՛յր բաղդ ― kóyr bałd ― blind fortune!
- կոյր ի ծնէ ― koyr i cnē ― born-blind, blind from his birth
Declension
Adverb
կոյր • (koyr)
- blindly
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 631ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1115a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 354–355