հօրու
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *հաւրու (*hawru), based on հայր (hayr) analogically after մօրու (mōru).
Noun
հօրու • (hōru), genitive singular հօրուի (hōrui)
- stepfather
Descendants
- Armenian: հորու (horu)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հօրու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հօրու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “հօրու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 387