ձավար
Armenian
Alternative forms
- ձաւար (jawar) – traditional orthography spelling
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ձաւար (jawar).
Pronunciation
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [d͡zɑˈvɑɾ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰɑˈvɑɾ]
Noun
ձավար • (javar)
- cracked wheat groats (raw or cooked)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 37:[1]
- ձավար․ ֆառռօ
- javar; faṙṙō
- ձավար (javar) = farro
- ձավար․ ֆառռօ
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
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nominative | ձավար (javar) | |||
dative | ձավարի (javari) | |||
ablative | ձավարից (javaricʿ) | |||
instrumental | ձավարով (javarov) | |||
locative | ձավարում (javarum) | |||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | ձավարը/ձավարն (javarə/javarn) | |||
dative | ձավարին (javarin) | |||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | ձավարս (javars) | |||
dative | ձավարիս (javaris) | |||
ablative | ձավարիցս (javaricʿs) | |||
instrumental | ձավարովս (javarovs) | |||
locative | ձավարումս (javarums) | |||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | ձավարդ (javard) | |||
dative | ձավարիդ (javarid) | |||
ablative | ձավարիցդ (javaricʿd) | |||
instrumental | ձավարովդ (javarovd) | |||
locative | ձավարումդ (javarumd) |
Alternative forms
dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
- ձավար (javar) – Tbilisi
- ձՙավար (jʿavar) – Alashkert, Ararat, Muş
- ձՙա̈վար (jʿävar) – Vozm
- ծա̈վար (cävar) – Moks
- ծա̈վա̈ր (cävär) – Maragheh, Salmas, Van
Derived terms
- ձավրել (javrel)
- ձավրտել (javrtel)
Descendants
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: savar
- → Central Kurdish: ساوار (sawar), ساوەر (sawer)
- → Turkish: zavar, zaval, zavır, zevar, zavara
- → Armenian: զավառ (zavaṙ) (Sivas)
- → Zazaki: savar
References
- Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ձաւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 147–148
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 93–94