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Old Armenian
Etymology
Deverbal from ցրեմ (cʻrem).
Adjective
ցիր • (cʻir) indeclinable
- strewn, scattered, dispersed
- ցիր և ցան ― cʻir ew cʻan ― dispersed, scattered about, spread
Noun
ցիր • (cʻir) indeclinable
- vast open space
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցիր”, 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 456a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 63