# կլիր
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
** կլիր (klir) — Ararat
** գլիր (glir) — Constantinople
** կլէր (klēr) — Karabakh
** կըլլիր (kəllir) — Agulis
** կլդիր (kldir) — Astrakhan

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian կլիր (klir).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kəˈliɾ/, [kəlíɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡəˈliɾ/, [ɡəlíɾ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

կլիր • (klir)
* (vulgar, taboo) dick, cock, penis
    Synonyms: խեռ (xeṙ), առնանդամ (aṙnandam) (formal)
** 2005, Vahe Avetyan, Ankaxutʻyan banak [Independence Army] :Եթե Բրայթոն Բիչում նեգրի կլիր ծծի, կարող է երջանիկ լինել։Etʻe Braytʻon Bičʻum negri klir cci, karoġ ē erǰanik linel.If he sucks Negro's cock in Brighton Beach, he'd be happy.
** 2008, Vahan Ishkhanyan, Mazer (2 patmvackʻ) [Hair (2 stories)] : […] ճաղատ կինը պուց ունի, ուղղակի նրա բերանի ատամներն են փտած ու ծծելուց ծակռտում է կլիրը։[…] čaġat kinə pucʻ uni, uġġaki nra berani atamnern en pʻtac u ccelucʻ cakṙtum ē klirə. […] the bald woman does have a pussy, it is just that all teeth in her mouth are rotten and the dick is prickled when sucking.

#### Derived terms

* կլրտել (klrtel)

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: gıller, kılir

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կլիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 600a
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կլիր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 573ab
* Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 30–31

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

Probably from Georgian ყლე (q̇le, “penis”), contaminated with Persian کیر (kir, “penis”).

### Noun

կլիր • (klir)
* penis

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կլիր (klir)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կլիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 600a
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կլիր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 573ab
* Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 153
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կլիր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 597
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կլիր”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 366
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “membre”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 797
* Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 332 of 321–338