Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian smwl (samōr).

Noun

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սամոյր (samoyr)

  1. sable (animal)
  2. sable (fur)

Usage notes

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There are no known Classical attestations of the sense “sable (animal)”.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սամույր (samuyr)

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սամոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սամոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սամոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 168
  • Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1892) “zibeline”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume II (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 861b
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “zibeline”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 1292a