գանձաւոր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing, probably from Old Median *ganǰabarah: compare Middle Persian 𐭢𐭭𐭦𐭥𐭡𐭥 (gnzwbr) / gncwbl (ganjwar), Parthian 𐭂𐭍𐭆𐭁𐭓 (ganzbar). Reshaped by the analysis as գանձ (ganj) + -աւոր (-awor); compare also թագաւոր (tʻagawor).

Noun

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գանձաւոր (ganjawor)

  1. treasurer, receiver

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գանձավոր (ganjavor)

References

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