աւեր

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, ruin, destruction), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwylʾn' /⁠awērān⁠/), Persian ویران (virân, desolate, ruined), and see the latter for more.

Adjective

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աւեր (awer)

  1. desolate, ruined

Noun

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աւեր (awer)

  1. desolation, ruin; ruined place
    յաւեր լինել, կալ մատնիլ, դառնալyawer linel, kal matnil, daṙnalto be ruined, to decay, to be desolate
    յաւեր դարձուցանել, յաւեր անմարդի դնելyawer darjucʻanel, yawer anmardi dnelto ruin, to destroy, to ravage, to desolate, to harass, to infest

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ավեր (aver)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 359–360
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 112, 511
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy