Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծարիր (carir).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծարիր (carir)

  1. antimony
    Synonym: սուրմա (surma)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Syriac ܨܕܝܕܐ (ṣəḏīḏāʾ, antimony), from Akkadian 𒌑𒍝𒁲𒁺 (/⁠ṣadīdu⁠/, antimony).

Noun edit

ծարիր (carir)

  1. antimony
    ամալ ծարիր յաչսamal carir yačʻsto blacken with antimony, to paint the eyebrows
    ի ծարիր եւ ի սնգոյր շպարելi carir ew i sngoyr šparelto put on rouge, to paint one's face
    ծարիր քարcarir kʻarstibium

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծարիր (carir)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծարիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծարիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծարիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press