աւնոյտէր

Old Armenian

Etymology

*աւնոյ (*awnoy, genitive-dative of *աւն (*awn)) +‎ տէր (tēr)

Noun

աւնոյտէր • (awnoytēr)

1. lord of property, proprietor, owner
2. legitimate husband of a woman

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: ունետէր (unetēr)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւն”, 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) “*awn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 155