արտավար

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian արտավար (artavar).

Pronunciation

Noun

արտավար • (artavar)

  1. tilled and sown land
  2. the surface area of one field
  3. (archaic) husbandman, tiller

Declension

References

  • արտավար”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

արտ (art) + -ա- (-a-) + վարեմ (varem).

Noun

արտավար • (artavar)

  1. a measure of area (the area of one field)
  2. ground for tillage, arable land; already tilled ground
  3. husbandman, tiller

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: արտավար (artavar)
  • Georgian: არტავარი (arṭavari)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արտավար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արտավար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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