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նիհար

նիհար

Armenian

Adjective

նիհար (nihar) (superlative ամենանիհար)

  1. thin, lean, skinny

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian نهار (nihâr, nahâr, detriment, loss, consumption, a wasting of the body), ناهار (nâhâr, fasting, eating nothing; hungry).

Adjective

նիհար (nihar)

  1. thin, lean, skinny

Declension

Derived terms

  • աննիհար (annihar)
  • նիհարանամ (niharanam)
  • նիհարումն (niharumn)
  • նիհարութիւն (niharutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), նիհար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 452a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), նիհար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), նիհար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy