հաւառի

հաւառի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հաւարի (hawari), հաւարելի (hawareli), հաւար (hawar) – manuscript variants

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Martirosyan derives the component *հաւ- (*haw-) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water, river”) and identifies the component *առ- (*aṙ-) with the one in գետառ (getaṙ), from *srew- (“to flow, stream”).[1]

Noun

հաւառի • (hawaṙi)

1. Synonym of գետառ (getaṙ)
   • 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Հ.222:[2]

     Հաւառի· գետառ։

     Hawaṙi· getaṙ.

Usage notes

Found only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ, glossing գետառ (getaṙ).

References

1. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 206
2. Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975) Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 183, 396

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հաւառի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “հաւառի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 454a