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սաղար

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (srdʾl /⁠sālār⁠/), 𐫘𐫀𐫓𐫀𐫡 (sʾlʾr /⁠sālār⁠/, leader). See Persian سالار (sâlâr) for more.

Noun

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սաղար (sałar)

  1. military commander, general
    • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʻ paterazmin [History of Vardan and the Armenian War] chapter 4, (1957 edition, page 96):[1]
      Այլ և դրօշից անգամ իւրաքանչիւրոց տեղեկանայր ի նմանէ․ և թէ քանի՛ գունդ զզօրսն բաժանիցեն, և ո՛ր ոք ի նոցանէ սաղարք լինիցին, և ո՛ր զօրագլուխ յորմէ կողմանէ յռազմ մտանիցէ, և զինչ անուանք իւրաքանչիւր համհարզացն իցեն, և քանի՛ փողահարք ի մէջ գնդին ձայնիցեն։
      Ayl ew drōšicʻ angam iwrakʻančʻiwrocʻ tełekanayr i nmanē; ew tʻē kʻaní gund zzōrsn bažanicʻen, ew ór okʻ i nocʻanē sałarkʻ linicʻin, ew ór zōraglux yormē kołmanē yṙazm mtanicʻē, ew zinčʻ anuankʻ iwrakʻančʻiwr hamharzacʻn icʻen, ew kʻaní pʻołaharkʻ i mēǰ gndin jaynicʻen.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        He also inquired from him about each of the standards: into how many companies they divided the army, which of them were generals, which commander would attack from which side, what were the names of each one's adjutants, how many trumpeters would sound in the company.

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References

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  1. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1982) Ełišē, History of Vardan and the Armenian War (Harvard Armenian texts and studies; 5)‎[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, page 148

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սաղար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սաղար”, 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 235, 514
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սաղար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy