քնար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քնար (kʿnar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

քնար (kʿnar)

  1. lyre

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ (ken(n)ārā, harp).

Noun[edit]

քնար (kʿnar)

  1. a kind of a stringed musical instrument

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: քնար (kʿnar) (learned)
  • Georgian: ქნარი (knari)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “քնար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “քնար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քնար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press