մոխիր

From Old Armenian մոխիր (moxir).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /moˈχiɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /moˈχiɾ/,

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մոխիր • (moxir)

1. ash (remains of a fire)

The origin is uncertain.

մոխիր • (moxir)

1. ash (remains of a fire)

   օր մոխրոց ― ōr moxrocʻ ― Ash-Wednesday

   փոխարկումն ի մոխիր ― pʻoxarkumn i moxir ― cineration, incineration

   մոխիր լինել ― moxir linel ― to burn or reduce to ashes

   ի մոխիր եւ յաճիւն դարձուցանել ― i moxir ew yačiwn darjucʻanel ― to incinerate, to reduce to ashes; to lay in ashes, to waste or desolate

   ապաշխարել մոխրով ― apašxarel moxrov ― to do penance

   հուր ծածկեալ ընդ մոխրով ― hur cackeal ənd moxrov ― fire lies under the ice; there is fire lurking under the ashes

• Armenian: մոխիր (moxir)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոխիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոխիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մոխիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press