իր

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /iɾ/, [iɾ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /iɾ/, [iɾ]

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian իր (ir).

իր • (ir)

1. thing

   Synonym: վեշ (veš) (colloquial)

2. (in the plural) things, belongings, goods, stuff

   Synonym: վեշեր (vešer) (colloquial)

Inherited from Old Armenian իւր (iwr).

• յուր (yur) — dated
• իրա (ira) — colloquial

իր • (ir)

1. genitive singular of ինքը (inkʻə): his, her, its

   Նա իր գործը չի արել։ ― Na ir gorcə čʻi arel. ― He hasn't done his work.

   Արմենը գնաց Սարոյի տունը և խաղաց իր գնդակով։ ― Armenə gnacʻ Saroyi tunə ew xaġacʻ ir gndakov. ― Armen went to Saro's house and played with his (Armen's) ball.

The possessive pronoun իր is used if the attributive possessive pronoun of the third person singular refers to the subject of the sentence. If it refers to another person, the regular third person pronoun նրա (nra) is used instead. For example, Արմենը կարդաց իր գիրքը (Armenə kardacʻ ir girkʻə) means “Armen read his (own) book”, while Արմենը կարդաց նրա գիրքը (Armenə kardacʻ nra girkʻə) means “Armen read his (i.e., some other person's) book”. The same rule applies for the corresponding plural forms իրենց (irencʻ) and նրանց (nrancʻ).

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 112-113

From Parthian 𐫙𐫏𐫡 (ʿyr /⁠īr⁠/, “thing, matter”).^[1][2] Older sources, not knowing about the Iranian word, derived իր (ir) from the pronoun ի- (i-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, for the suffix comparing որ (or) beside ո (o).^[3][4][5] Because the Iranian is etymologically unexplained, Olsen allows the possibility that for once the loan went in the opposite direction, i.e. that the Iranian word is borrowed from Armenian.^[6]

իր • (ir)

1. thing, matter, affair

   յիր արկանել ― yir arkanel ― to use, to wear; to put in execution

   ոչ կարիմ առնել իրս ինչ ― očʻ karim aṙnel irs inčʻ ― I can do nothing

   իրք առն յառաջադէմ յաջողէին ― irkʻ aṙn yaṙaǰadēm yaǰołēin ― this man's affairs prospered

   այր հմուտ իրաց պատերազմի ― ayr hmut iracʻ paterazmi ― a man experienced in warfare

   կարեւոր իր ― karewor ir ― an important affair

   իրք աշխարհին ― irkʻ ašxarhin ― public business

   իրաց իրաց ― iracʻ iracʻ ― of various, or many things

   յիրս յիրս ― yirs yirs ― in various matters

   իրօք ― irōkʻ ― by deeds; really, effectively

   ամենայն իրօք ― amenayn irōkʻ ― in any way, or manner, at all events

   սմին, դմին, նմին իրի ― smin, dmin, nmin iri ― for this, therefore, for this, that reason

   բարւոք ընթանան իրք ― barwokʻ əntʻanan irkʻ ― affairs are thriving, business is prosperous

   ընդ բան եւ ընդ իր է մեծ ինչ խտիր ― ənd ban ew ənd ir ē mec inčʻ xtir ― saying and doing are two things

   նմին աղագաւ, նմին իրի ― nmin ałagaw, nmin iri ― for which reason, therefore, wherefore, on that account; consequently

• → Armenian: իր (ir), իրոք (irokʻ)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy