Armenian

Noun

ձիր • ‎(jir)

1. (archaic) gift, present
2. (archaic) Alternative form of ձիրք ‎(jirkʿ)

Declension

References

• Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), “ձիր”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “ձիր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēr-i-, from *ǵʰer- ‎(“to yearn for”). Cognates include Ancient Greek χάρις ‎(kháris), χαίρω ‎(khaírō), Latin horior, Sanskrit हर्यति ‎(haryati) and English yearn.

Noun

ձիր • ‎(jir)

1. gift, present; favour, grace, boon, recompense

   ձիր առնուլ‎ ― jir aṙnul ― to take a gift

   մի՛ ի ձիրս ինչ եւ ի շնորհս խօսել‎ ― mí i jirs inčʿ ew i šnorhs xōsel ― not to adulate or flatter

2. faculty, talent

   ձիր պերճախօսութեան‎ ― jir perčaxōsutʿean ― the gift of eloquence

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ձիր ‎(jir), ձիրք ‎(jirkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ձիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ձիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 434