կահոյր
Old Armenian
Etymology
Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open. According to J̌ahukyan, borrowed from an unknown Iranian source, probably descended from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“a kind of dish or pot”); compare Sanskrit चरु (carú-, “kinde of vessel, pot”). See Pokorny for this root.
Noun
կահոյր • (kahoyr)
- pitcher, pot, jug, jar
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon, attested only in Buzand.
Descendants
- Armenian: կահույր (kahuyr)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կահոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 320b
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “կահոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1036b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կահոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 490b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “կահոյր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 375b
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 642