Armenian

Noun

խայրի • ‎(xayri)

1. (archaic, poetic) fruit, produce
2. (archaic, poetic) offering, gift

Declension

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “խայրի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps an early Arabic borrowing; compare Arabic خَيْر ‎(ḵayr, “good, wealth”).

Noun

խայրի • ‎(xayri)

1. fruit, harvest (as an offering, oblation)
2. first fruit or harvest

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: խայրի ‎(xayri)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խայրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խայրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խայրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “խայրի”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 257