Armenian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Armenian շիրիմ (širim).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

շիրիմ (širim)

  1. tomb, sepulchre
  2. tombstone

Declension

edit

Old Armenian

edit

Etymology

edit

The origin is uncertain. The original meaning must have been “stone”; compare the Kartvelian borrowings.

Noun

edit

շիրիմ (širim)

  1. tomb, sepulchre; tombstone
    շիրիմքširimkʻcemetery
    մարմնածախ շիրիմmarmnacax širimsarcophagus
    շիրիմ հոյակապširim hoyakapmausoleum
    շիրիմ դատարկširim datarkcenotaph

Declension

edit

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Armenian: շիրիմ (širim)
  • Georgian: შირიმი (širimi)
  • Laz: შირიმი (şirimi)

References

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