Old Armenian

Noun

նուիրակ • ‎(nuirak)

1. the title of various officials, whose duties include announcing, declaring or notifying, namely
   1. an official attending the king or a lord, who clears his away and announces his arrival
   2. usher at a royal court
   3. envoy, delegate, messenger
   4. (ecclesiastical) legate of the catholicos; nuncio

Declension

Derived terms

• նուիրակապետ ‎(nuirakapet), նուիրապետ ‎(nuirapet)
• նուիրապետական ‎(nuirapetakan)

Related terms

• նուէր ‎(nuēr)

Descendants

• Armenian: նվիրակ ‎(nvirak)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451ab
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նուիրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 470–471
• Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 103

Etymology 2

նուէր ‎(nuēr) +‎ -ակ ‎(-ak)

Noun

նուիրակ • ‎(nuirak)

1. libation bowl

Declension

Synonyms

• նուիրանոց ‎(nuiranocʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 469b