գիր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian գիր (gir).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գիր (gir)

  1. letter (symbol in an alphabet)
    Synonym: տառ (taṙ)
  2. (often in the plural) script, writing system
    հայոց գրերըhayocʻ grerəthe Armenian script
  3. document
  4. tail (of a coin)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wēr-, from *wer- (to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline). Cognates include Sanskrit व्रण (vraṇa, wound), Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, skin), Old Church Slavonic рана (rana, wound), Old High German rīzan (German reißen) and Old English wrītan (English write).

Noun[edit]

գիր (gir)

  1. letter (symbol in an alphabet)
  2. letter, epistle
  3. writing, document, something written
    գիր/թուղթ մեկնելոյgir/tʻułtʻ mekneloyact of divorce
    գիր առնել, հանելgir aṙnel, hanelto publish, to write
    գիր հաստատելgir hastatelto post up or stake on the wall a bill, writing or advertisement
    ի գիր, ընդ գրով անկանել, լինելi gir, ənd grov ankanel, linelto be written or registered
    ի գիր արկանել, հանել, դրոշմել, արձանացուցանել, ի գրի առնել, զգրի հարկանելi gir arkanel, hanel, drošmel, arjanacʻucʻanel, i gri aṙnel, zgri harkanelto write, to write down, to registrate; to treat a subject; to circumscribe
  4. (often in the plural) book, volume, manuscript
    զգրով/զգրովք գալzgrov/zgrovkʻ galto dedicate oneself to reading
  5. (often in the plural) holy scripture, Bible

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գիր (gir), գիրք (girkʻ)

References[edit]

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