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Reconstruction:Old Armenian/սար-
See also: սար
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