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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ծիր (cir).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծիր (cir)

  1. circumference, circle
  2. line
    Synonym: գիծ (gic)
  3. edge, end
    Synonym: ծայր (cayr)
  4. (astronomy) orbit
    Synonym: ուղեծիր (uġecir)
  5. (dialectal) furrow
    Synonym: ակոս (akos)

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 459ab

Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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A Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Georgian წირი (c̣iri, line), წრე (c̣re, circle), წერა (c̣era, to write) and see the latter for more.

Noun

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ծիր (cir)

  1. circle, circumference; round, circuit; outline, border
    ծիր արտեւանանցcir artewanancʻedge of eyelids
    ծիր անուոցcir anuocʻwheel-track; rut
    ծիր հանդերձիցcir handerjicʻskirt, border, piping
    ծիրքcirkʻthe tropics
    ծիր գնտոյcir gntoycolure
    ծիր տեսութեանcir tesutʻeanhorizon
    ծիրք աստեղացcirkʻ astełacʻchorus of the stars
    ծիր կաթինcir katʻingalaxy, the Milky Way
    ծիր խաւարմանcir xawarmanecliptic
    ծիր գիշերահաւասարիcir gišerahawasariequinoctial
    ծիր ածելcir acelto gird, to surround
    ընդ ծիրս եզերացənd cirs ezeracʻthroughout the world
    որ ոչ ընդ ծրաւ անկանիor očʻ ənd craw ankaniunbounded, infinite
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: ծիր (cir)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 459ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծիր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 363ab
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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ծիր (cir)

  1. Misspelling of ցիր (cʻir).