սնգոյր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սնկոյր (snkoyr)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian شنگار (šingâr), Arabized شنجار (šinjâr, melilot; bugloss), from the red roots of which men made rouge.

Noun

սնգոյր (sngoyr)

  1. rouge, blush
    ի սնգոյր շպարեմi sngoyr šparemto use paint, to rouge, to paint, to bedaub oneself or one's face
  2. deadly nightshade

Declension

Derived terms

  • սնգուրեմ (sngurem), սնգուրիմ (sngurim)
  • սնգոյրատակ (sngoyratak)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սնգոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 235ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սնգոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սնգոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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