գանձաւոր

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian 𐭢𐭭𐭦𐭥𐭡𐭥 (gnzwbr) / gncwbl (ganjwar), Parthian 𐭂𐭍𐭆𐭁𐭓 (ganzbar), Old Median *ganzabara-. Reshaped by the analysis as գանձ (ganj) + -աւոր (-awor); compare also թագաւոր (tʿagawor).

Noun

գանձաւոր (ganjawor)

  1. treasurer, receiver

Declension

Derived terms

  • գանձաւորապետ (ganjaworapet)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գանձաւոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գանձաւոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), գանձաւոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գանձաւոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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