Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ալեւր ‎(alewr)

Noun

ալիւր • ‎(aliwr)

1. flour

   ցանել զալիւր ի վերայ‎ ― cʿanel zaliwr i veray ― to powder or whiten with flour

2. (by extension) any fine powder

   ալիւր գործելւոյ‎ ― aliwr gorcelwoy ― fine coal powder

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ալյուր ‎(alyur)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ալիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1944), “Haykakankʿ A [Armeniaca I]”, in Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences (in Armenian), volume 5, page 29
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “alewr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 13