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անդրուար

անդրուար

Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

անդրուար (andruar)

  1. (dated) cart, wagon
  2. (dated) horse or mule yoked to a cart

Declension

References

  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), անդրուար”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps an Iranian borrowing with a basic meaning “a cart with covered interior”, composed of Iranian *andar- (interior) and *var- (to cover); both constituents are found in անդրավարտիք (andravartikʿ). Alternatively, the first part *անդր (*andr) could have meant “cart, wagon”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ndʰ-ur- (road) with Old Norse ǫndurr (snow-shoe) and Sanskrit अध्वन् (ádhvan, road) as cognates; the second part could then indeed be from Iranian *var- (to cover) or *var- (to lead), whence վարեմ (varem), or a contamination of both.

Ałayan connects with անուր (anur, ring), but this is considered implausible by Martirosyan.

Noun

անդրուար (andruar)

  1. cart, wagon
  2. horse or mule yoked to a cart

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անդրուար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անդրուվար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անդրուար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 20–22
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “andruar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 77–78