հարաւ
Old Armenian
Etymology
Etymologically means “front-side” and derives from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥Hwós; cognate with Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “being before, going in front, first, former; eastern”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pauruua), 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (paouruua), 𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pouruua, “being in front, first, former; southern”), Old Church Slavonic прьвъ (prĭvŭ, “first”). Compare հիւսիս (hiwsis).
Noun
հարաւ • (haraw)
- south
- արեւելեան հարաւ ― arewelean haraw ― southeast
- արեւմտեան հարաւ ― arewmtean haraw ― southwest
- հողմ հարաւոյ ― hołm harawoy ― the south wind
- southern wind
- շնչէ հարաւ ― šnčʻē haraw ― it blows from the south
Declension
o-type
Derived terms
- հարաւաբեր (harawaber)
- հարաւաբերձ (harawaberj)
- հարաւական (harawakan)
- հարաւակողմ (harawakołm)
- հարաւակողմն (harawakołmn)
- հարաւակոյս (harawakoys)
- հարաւահողմ (harawahołm)
- հարաւային (harawayin)
- հարաւացոյց (harawacʻoycʻ)
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հարաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հարաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հարաւ”, 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 393