Old Armenian edit

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
 <  1000 10000
    Cardinal : բիւր (biwr)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The older spelling is բեւր (bewr), borrowed from Parthian 𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 (bywr), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Numeral edit

բիւր (biwr)

  1. ten thousand, myriad
    բիւր, բիւրսbiwr, biwrsten thousand times, several times, often

Declension edit

Noun edit

բիւր (biwr)

  1. (by extension) large quantity, host

Declension edit

Adjective edit

բիւր (biwr)

  1. (by extension) innumerable, countless

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բյուր (byur)
  • Old Georgian: ბევრი (bevri) (possibly)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*baiu̯ar- / *baiu̯an-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 64