արդար

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian արդար (ardar); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

արդար (ardar) (superlative ամենաարդար)

  1. just, fair, honest
    արդար դատավորimpartial/fair judge
    արդար ընտրություններfair elections
    արդար որոշումfair decision
    արդար գինfair price
  2. innocent, blameless

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From արդ (ard, structure, form, arrangement) +‎ -ար (-ar). The sense of “material regularity, structuredness” developed here into “moral regularity, uprightness”.

Adjective

արդար (ardar)

  1. just, upright, faithful, honest, loyal, well disposed, worthy, equitable, reasonable, legitimate

Declension

Adverb

արդար (ardar)

  1. justly, equitably, truly

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: արդար (ardar)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արդար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արդար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արդար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page արդ