Վիրոյ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd). Possibly related to Old Armenian Բերոյ (Beroy) and Վրոյր (Vroyr).

Proper noun[edit]

Վիրոյ • (Viroy)

  1. a male given name, Viroy or Viro
    • 7–10th century, Movsēs Kałankatuacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Ałuanicʿ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania] 2.14:[1][2]
      Ընդ որս էր և կաթողիկոսն մեծ իշխանութեանն Աղուանից՝ Վիրոյ (var. Վերոյ) անուն նորա․ այր հանճարեղ և իմաստուն, զօրաւոր ի բանս իմաստութեան […]
      Ənd ors ēr ew katʿołikosn mec išxanutʿeann Ałuanicʿ, Viroy (var. Veroy) anun nora; ayr hančareł ew imastun, zōrawor i bans imastutʿean […]
      • Translation by C. J. F. Dowsett
        Among them was the catholicos of the great principality of Albania called Viroy, an intelligent and wise man, strong in words of wisdom […]
    • 13th century, Patmutʿiwn vracʿ [The History of Georgians] :[3][4]
      Եւ վասն այսորիկ ատեցին զնա Վիրք, և խնդրեցին իւրեանց թագաւոր՝ զորդի թագաւորին Հայոց զՎրոյն՝ զքեռորդի Համազասպայ։ […] Եւ թագաւորեաց Վիրոն ի վերայ Վրաց […]
      Ew vasn aysorik atecʿin zna Virkʿ, ew xndrecʿin iwreancʿ tʿagawor, zordi tʿagaworin Hayocʿ zVroyn, zkʿeṙordi Hamazaspay. […] Ew tʿagaworeacʿ Viron i veray Vracʿ […]
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Therefore the Georgians hated him. They sought as king for themselves the son of the Armenian king, Vroyn[sic] the nephew of Hamazasp. […] So Vroyn[sic] ruled over the Georgians.

Usage notes[edit]

Attested as the name of two persons: (1) a catholicos of Caucasian Albania and (2) a king of Georgia, son of Artašēs.

Declension[edit]

i-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Վիրոյ (Viroy)
genitive Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
dative Վիրոյի (Viroyi)
accusative Վիրոյ (Viroy)
ablative Վիրոյէ (Viroyē)
instrumental Վիրոյիւ (Viroyiw)
locative Վիրոյի (Viroyi)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Armenian: Վիրո (Viro) (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Movsēs Kałankatuacʿi (1983) V. Aṙakʿelyan, editor, Patmutʿiwn Ałuanicʿ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania]‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 150
  2. ^ Dowsett, C. J. F. (1961) The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i (English translation and commentary) (London Oriental Series; 8)‎[2], London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
  3. ^ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʿiwn vracʿ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ naxneacʿ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 38
  4. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67–68, taking the definite article -ն (-n) to be part of the name

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1962) “Վիրոյ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 123
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 509
  • Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎[3], volume 55, number 1, page 23
  • Henning, W. (1954) “Notes on the great inscription of Šāpūr I”, in Prof. Jackson memorial volume: Papers on Iranian subjects., Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, page 54 of 40–54
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Vīrōi”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎[4] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 371a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 802, page 365
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