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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *nivēδ, from *ni-waid-, from *ni- (“down”) + *waid- (“to know”); see the latter for more.
Noun
նուէր • (nuēr)
- (religion) offer, offering, present, oblation; libation; firstfruits; sacrifice
- նուէրք ― nuērkʻ ― liberality
- հաց նուիրաց ― hacʻ nuiracʻ ― shew-bread
- արգադիր նուէր ― argadir nuēr ― votive-offering
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նուէր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նուէր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press