կաւառն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Martirosyan compares the first component with կաւ (kaw, “clay”) and the second with *առ (*aṙ) found in գետառ (getaṙ).

Noun

կաւառն • (kawaṙn)

1. brook, canal

Descendants

• Armenian: կավառ (kavaṙ)
  • → Turkish: gever, gavar, kavar

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաւառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կաւառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press