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աւար

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭀𐭓 (ʾwʾr), Middle Persian 𐭀𐭃𐭀𐭋𐭉 (ʾdʾly, booty, plunder), Pashto اوار (avār, plunder, spoil, prey, booty, pillage), Classical Mandaic ࡀࡅࡀࡓ (ʾwʾr /⁠ā̆vār⁠/, plundering) (from Iranian), Old Georgian ავარი (avari), იავარი (iavari) (from Iranian), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HwarH- (to pluck, tear out; to rob, plunder).

Noun

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աւար (awar)

  1. loot, spoils, booty; plunder, pillage, sacking
    լիաձեռն աւարաւliajeṙn awarawcharged with plunder
    աւար առնուլ, ածել, հարկանել, յաւար մատնել, յաւարի առնուլ, տանելawar aṙnul, acel, harkanel, yawar matnel, yawari aṙnul, tanelto spoil, to make booty, to pillage, to sack, to plunder, to ravage
    յաւար մատնիլyawar matnilto be a prey, to be given to pillage

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 355–356
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 112
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 517
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy