համարակար

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian համարակար (hamarakar).

Pronunciation

Noun

համարակար • (hamarakar)

  1. (historical) hamarakar (the fiscal officer of Persian Armenia)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • համակար (hamakar) (post-classical misspelling)

Etymology

From Iranian. Compare Old Persian *hammārakarah, Parthian 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭓𐭊𐭓 (ʾḥmrkr).

Noun

համարակար • (hamarakar)

  1. reckoner, calculator, book-keeper, accountant, auditor of accounts
  2. (historical) hamarakar (the fiscal officer of Persian Armenia)
    Վասպուրական համարակարVaspurakan hamarakarVaspurakan hamarakar

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: համարակար (hamarakar)
  • Old Georgian: ჰამარკარი (hamarḳari)

References

  • Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “համարակար”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 501a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համարակար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “համարակար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 22c
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համարակար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 23a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 530
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