հաւառի

Old Armenian

Etymology

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”).

Noun

հաւառի • (hawaṙi)

  1. Synonym of գետառ (getaṙ)

Usage notes

Attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ.

References
  • Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), “հաւառի”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 206
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հաւառի”, 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
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