# Վիրոյ
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* Վրոյ (Vroy)

### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Վիրոյ • (Viroy)
* a male given name, Viroy or Viro
** 7–10th century, Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania] 2.14: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 katʻołikosn mec išxanutʻeann Ałuanicʻ, Viroy (var. Veroy) anun nora; ayr hančareł ew imastun, zōrawor i bans imastutʻean […]Translation by C. J. F. DowsettAmong them was the catholicos of the great principality of Albania called Viroy, an intelligent and wise man, strong in words of wisdom […]
** 13th century, Patmutʻiwn vracʻ [The History of Georgians] :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 atecʻin zna Virkʻ, ew xndrecʻin iwreancʻ tʻagawor, zordi tʻagaworin Hayocʻ zVroyn, zkʻeṙordi Hamazaspay. […] Ew tʻagaworeacʻ Viron i veray Vracʻ […]Translation by Robert W. ThomsonTherefore the Georgians hated him. They sought as king for themselves the son of the Armenian king, Vroyn the nephew of Hamazasp. […] So Vroyn ruled over the Georgians.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Վիրո (Viro) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi (1983) V. Aṙakʻelyan, editor, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi [The History of the Country of Albania]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 150
* ↑ Dowsett, C. J. F. (1961) The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i (English translation and commentary) (London Oriental Series; 8)‎, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
* ↑ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 38
* ↑ 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

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վիրոյ”, in Hayocʻ 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, 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 (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