Reconstruction:Old Armenian/սար-

See also: սար

This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤‎ (LOYŠE /sar/). The same Iranian word is found in wholly-borrowed կախարդասար (kaxardasar) and in Մանկասար (Mankasar).

Noun

*սար- • (*sar-)

head, master, leader

Usage notes

Not attested outside its compounds.

Derived terms

սարապետ (sarapet)
աղանդասար (ałandasar)
մեծասար (mecasar)

Related terms

կախարդասար (kaxardasar), (possibly) սար (sar)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 163b
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 236
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “սար II”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 670b