հաւառի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

հաւարի (hawari), հաւարելի (hawareli), հաւար (hawar) — manuscript variants

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Martirosyan derives the component *հաւ- (*haw-) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water, river”) and identifies the component *առ- (*aṙ-) with the one in գետառ (getaṙ), from *srew- (“to flow, stream”).^[1]

Noun

հաւառի • (hawaṙi)

Synonym of գետառ (getaṙ)
- 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Հ.222:^[2]
  Հաւառի· գետառ։
  Hawaṙi· getaṙ.

Usage notes

Found only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ, glossing գետառ (getaṙ).

References

^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206
^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 183, 396

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաւառի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հաւառի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 454a

[1] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206

[2] Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 183, 396

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