Armenian

Noun

լար • ‎(lar)

1. rope, rein, cable, cord, string

   էլեկտրական լար‎ ― ēlektrakan lar ― electric wire

   նվագարանի լար‎ ― nvagarani lar ― string of a musical instrument

2. (geometry) chord

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ulh₁ro- and cognate with Ancient Greek εὔληρα ‎(eúlēra, “reins”) and Latin lōrum ‎(“thong, rawhide whip, rein”). In view of phonological difficulties Martirosyan considers this a Mediterranean substrate term.

Noun

լար • ‎(lar)

1. rope, rein, cable, cord, string

   լար աղեղան‎ ― lar ałełan ― bow-string

   լար խեղդման‎ ― lar xełdman ― halter, rope

2. plumb line of stone-masons

   լար շինողաց‎ ― lar šinołacʿ ― plumb line

3. snare

   լարիւ թակարդել, լարս ձգել յորոգայթ‎ ― lariw tʿakardel, lars jgel yorogaytʿ ― to lay, or set snares, to inveigle, to set gins

4. mile
5. tendons of the neck
6. string of a musical instrument

   լար անյարդար‎ ― lar anyardar ― a false chord

7. kind of a snake (because of its shape)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: լար ‎(lar)
• Georgian: ლარი ‎(lari), ლარო ‎(laro)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 304