արօս

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• արաւս (araws)

Etymology

The original spelling is արաւս (araws), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃w-n̥s-, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura), Middle Irish arbor, Old Armenian հարաւունք (harawunkʻ).

Noun

արօս • (arōs)

1. virgin soil

Derived terms

• արօսանամ (arōsanam)

Descendants

• Armenian: արոս (aros)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արօս”, 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) “araws”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 128