արոյր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Parthian 𐫡𐫇𐫔 (rwδ /⁠rōδ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hrawdáh (copper, brass), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás. The prothetic ա- (a-) is a regular inner-Armenian development as Armenian phonotactics do not allow a word to start with a ր- (r-).

Noun

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արոյր (aroyr)

  1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արույր (aruyr) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: რვალი (rvali) (or directly from Iranian)

References

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