Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian մոխիր (moxir).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մոխիր (moxir)

  1. ash (remains of a fire)

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.

Noun

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մոխիր (moxir)

  1. ash (remains of a fire)
    օր մոխրոցōr moxrocʻAsh-Wednesday
    փոխարկումն ի մոխիրpʻoxarkumn i moxircineration, incineration
    մոխիր լինելmoxir linelto burn or reduce to ashes
    ի մոխիր եւ յաճիւն դարձուցանելi moxir ew yačiwn darjucʻanelto 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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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մոխիր (moxir)

References

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