# Մսըր
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* Մսր (Msr), Մըսր (Məsr), Մըսըր (Məsər), Մսիր (Msir), Միսիր (Misir)

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian Մսըր (Msər), from Ottoman Turkish مصر (mısır).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /məˈsəɾ/, [məsə́ɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /məˈsəɾ/, [məsə́ɾ]

### Proper noun

Մսըր • (Msər)
* (dialectal) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
    Synonym: Եգիպտոս (Egiptos)
* (obsolete) a male given name

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | Մսըր (Msər) | Մսըրներ (Msərner) |
| dative | Մսըրի (Msəri) | Մսըրների (Msərneri) |
| ablative | Մսըրից (Msəricʻ) | Մսըրներից (Msərnericʻ) |
| instrumental | Մսըրով (Msərov) | Մսըրներով (Msərnerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | Մսըրը/Մսըրն (Msərə/Msərn) | Մսըրները/Մսըրներն (Msərnerə/Msərnern) |
| dative | Մսըրին (Msərin) | Մսըրներին (Msərnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | Մսըրս (Msərs) | Մսըրներս (Msərners) |
| dative | Մսըրիս (Msəris) | Մսըրներիս (Msərneris) |
| ablative | Մսըրիցս (Msəricʻs) | Մսըրներիցս (Msərnericʻs) |
| instrumental | Մսըրովս (Msərovs) | Մսըրներովս (Msərnerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | Մսըրդ (Msərd) | Մսըրներդ (Msərnerd) |
| dative | Մսըրիդ (Msərid) | Մսըրներիդ (Msərnerid) |
| ablative | Մսըրիցդ (Msəricʻd) | Մսըրներիցդ (Msərnericʻd) |
| instrumental | Մսըրովդ (Msərovd) | Մսըրներովդ (Msərnerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

### Further reading

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Մսըր”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 474
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “Մսըր”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 84ab

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* Մսր (Msr)

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مصر (Mısır), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

### Noun

Մսըր • (Msər)
* Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
* a male given name
** 1468, Inscription (Khachkar in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :ԿԱՆԿ[ՆԵ]ՑԻ ԽԱՉ[Ս] Ի ՓՐԿ[ՈՒ]Թ[ԻՒՆ] ՄՍՐԻՆ ։Թ։ ՋԺԷKANK[NE]CʻI XAČʻ[S] I PʻRK[U]Tʻ[IWN] MSRIN .Tʻ. J̌ŽĒI set up this cross for the salvation of Msr in the year 917 [AE = 1468 CE]

#### Derived terms

* մսրցի (msrcʻi)

#### Related terms

* մսրի (msri)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: Մսըր (Msər)

### References

* ↑ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 326, page 113
* ↑ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 358

### Further reading

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Մսր”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 474