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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wylʾstn' /⁠wirāstan⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wylʾd- /⁠wirāy-⁠/, to arrange, prepare, cultivate, restore), from Proto-Iranian *wí (apart) + *Hraz- (to draw a line; to direct); see Persian آراستن (ârâstan, to arrange; to decorate) for more on the root.

Verb edit

վիրամ (viram)  (aorist indicative վիրացի)

  1. (transitive) to shave

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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վիրամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վիրամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վիրալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hraxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 196–198