հաւառի
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Martirosyan derives the component *հաւ- (*haw-) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water, river”) and identifies the component *առ- (*aṙ-) with the one in գետառ (getaṙ), from *srew- (“to flow, stream”).[1]
Noun
հաւառի • (hawaṙi)
- Synonym of գետառ (getaṙ)
- 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Հ.222:[2]
- Հաւառի· գետառ։
- Hawaṙi· getaṙ.
- Հաւառի· գետառ։
Usage notes
Found only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ, glossing գետառ (getaṙ).
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաւառի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հաւառի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 454a
References
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206
- ^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 183, 396