ցիր

Old Armenian

Etymology

Deverbal from ցրեմ (cʻrem).

Adjective

ցիր • (cʻir) indeclinable

1. strewn, scattered, dispersed

   ցիր և ցան ― cʻir ew cʻan ― dispersed, scattered about, spread

Noun

ցիր • (cʻir) indeclinable

1. vast open space

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցիր”, 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 456a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 63