վաւեր

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾp̄l /wābar/, “truth; belief”), [script needed] (wʾp̄lykʾn' /wābarīgān/, “true, trustworthy”), Persian ‎ (bâvar, “belief”).[1]

Adjective

վաւեր • (vawer)

authentic, valid, legitimate

Derived terms

վաւերական (vawerakan)
անվաւեր (anvawer)
անվաւերական (anvawerakan)

Descendants

→ Armenian: վավեր (vaver)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վաւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 327

Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վաւեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վաւեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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[1] Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վաւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 327