սնգոյր

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Surely an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian شنگار (šengâr), Arabized شنجار (šenjâr, melilot; bugloss), from the red roots of which men made rouge. Related to Georgian სინგური (singuri).

Noun

սնգոյր (sngoyr)

  1. rouge, blush
    ի սնգոյր շպարեմi sngoyr šparemto use paint, to rouge, to paint, to bedaub oneself or one's face
  2. deadly nightshade

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Descendants

  • Armenian: սնգույր (snguyr)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սնգոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 235ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սնգոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սնգոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy