Old Armenian

Noun

ետր • ‎(etr)

1. prostitute

Usage notes

Attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ.

Synonyms

• բոզ ‎(boz)

Related terms

• ետրոնին ‎(etronin)

References

• Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), “ետր”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču, page 90
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ետր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 33b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, pages 90–91
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ետր”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 219a