աշխար

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾxšd (*axšad, *axšaẟ, “pity, mercy”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾxšʾd (*axšād, “troubled, distressed; distress”). Related to ապաշխարեմ (apašxarem).

աշխար • (ašxar) indeclinable

1. mourning, lamentation, complaint

   աշխար դնել ― ašxar dnel ― to lament, to mourn

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