վաւեր

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾp̄l /⁠wābar⁠/, “truth; belief”), [script needed] (wʾp̄lykʾn' /⁠wābarīgān⁠/, “true, trustworthy”), Persian باور (bâvar, “belief”).[1]

Adjective

վաւեր • (vawer)

  1. authentic, valid, legitimate

Derived terms
  • վաւերական (vawerakan)
  • անվաւեր (anvawer)
  • անվաւերական (anvawerakan)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: վավեր (vaver)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վաւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 327

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վաւեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վաւեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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