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单词 առաւիր
释义

առաւիր

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Ačaṙyan wonders whether the first part is the preposition առ (aṙ) and leaves the origin open.[1] According to J̌ahukyan, the word is probably composed of the preposition առ (aṙ) + *աւիր (*awir), the latter an unknown root perhaps of Iranian origin.[2] In this respect compare Northern Kurdish vir (lie).

According to Ałayan, the word originally meant “empty, vain talk” and is composed of the preposition առ(ա)- (aṙ(a)-) + *վիր (*vir, nonsense, silly prattle), a hypothetical unattested root from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (to speak). He also connects վեռ (veṙ).[3]

Adverb

առաւիր (aṙawir)

  1. in vain
    թէ առաւիրtʿē aṙawirin vain

Synonyms

  • վայրապար (vayrapar), ի զուր (i zur)

Derived terms

  • առվիրական (aṙvirakan)
  • թառաւիր (tʿaṙawir)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), առաւիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 256a
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), առաւիր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 73b
  3. Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 23–24

Further reading

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