Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մոխիր (moxir).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մոխիր (moxir)

  1. ash (remains of a fire)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

մոխիր (moxir)

  1. ash (remains of a fire)
    օր մոխրոցōr moxrocʿAsh-Wednesday
    փոխարկումն ի մոխիրpʿoxarkumn i moxircineration, incineration
    մոխիր լինելmoxir linelto burn or reduce to ashes
    ի մոխիր եւ յաճիւն դարձուցանելi moxir ew yačiwn darjucʿanelto incinerate, to reduce to ashes; to lay in ashes, to waste or desolate
    ապաշխարել մոխրովapašxarel moxrovto do penance
    հուր ծածկեալ ընդ մոխրովhur cackeal ənd moxrovfire lies under the ice; there is fire lurking under the ashes

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մոխիր (moxir)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “մոխիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոխիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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