բիւր

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Old Armenian[edit]

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
 <  1000 10000
    Cardinal : բիւր (biwr)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The older spelling is բեւր (bewr), borrowed from Parthian 𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 (bywr), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Numeral[edit]

բիւր (biwr)

  1. ten thousand, myriad
    բիւր, բիւրսbiwr, biwrsten thousand times, several times, often

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

բիւր (biwr)

  1. (by extension) large quantity, host

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Adjective[edit]

բիւր (biwr)

  1. (by extension) innumerable, countless

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: բյուր (byur)
  • Old Georgian: ბევრი (bevri) (possibly)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*baiu̯ar- / *baiu̯an-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 64