խաւար

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlwlʾn' /⁠xwarwarān⁠/, sunset, west), Persian خاور (xâvar, west).

Noun[edit]

խաւար (xawar)

  1. darkness, obscurity
    ընդ խաւար, ի խաւարիənd xawar, i xawariin the darkness, darkly
    խաւար շօշափելիxawar šōšapʿelidarkness that could be felt
    խաւար գիշերոյxawar gišeroythe shades of night
    խաւար տգիտութեանxawar tgitutʿeanthe darkness of ignorance
    ի խաւար դառնալi xawar daṙnalto get or to grow dark, to become obscure
    ընդ խաւար գնալənd xawar gnalto walk in darkness
    խաւար կալու զամենայն երկիրxawar kalu zamenayn erkirdarkness covered the whole earth
  2. (figuratively) grief, sorrow, affliction
  3. blindness, delusion, ignorance
    ընդ խաւար գնալənd xawar gnalto be ignorant of
  4. hell
    բաժին խաւարին առնելbažin xawarin aṙnelto condemn, to damn
  5. devil

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

խաւար (xawar)

  1. dark, obscure, gloomy, murky
    խաւար աղջամուղջxawar ałǰamułǰutter darkness

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խավար (xavar)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “խաւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաւար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 885
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “խաւար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy