աբրայ

As has been correctly noticed by J̌ahukyan, from Ancient Greek ἅβρα (hábra, “favourite slave”).

աբրայ • (abray)

1. Synonym of աղախին (ałaxin)

Attested only in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ as a Greek word.

• Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “աբրայ”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 4
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աբրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 75a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 85
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աբրայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 19b