հօրան

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The original spelling is հաւրան (hawran), from *հաւր- (*hawr-, shepherd), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro- (guarder, protecter, keeper), from *peh₂- (to protect), +‎ -ան (-an, collective suffix). Compare also Middle Armenian պահրան (pahran).

Noun

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հօրան (hōran)

  1. flock of sheep or goats
    հօրան լինելhōran linelto jump, skip or leap for joy, to bound with joy (like a goat)
  2. sheepfold

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հորան (horan)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հօրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հօրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հօրան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 401