բոյր

See also: բույր

Old Armenian

Etymology

Of Iranian origin. Compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /bōy/, smell, scent; incense), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 (bwy /bōy/, smell, scent; incense), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌 (baoiδi, scent), Sogdian [script needed] (bwd /βōδ/, incense), Persian بو (bu, smell), Pashto بوى (buy, smell), Ossetian буд (bud, incense).

Noun

բոյր (boyr)

  1. smell, odour (good or bad)

Usage notes

Not attested in classical Old Armenian outside compounds.

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