աբրայ

Old Armenian edit

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

աբրայ • (abray)

Attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ as a Greek word.

Eremia Meġrecʿi (1698) “աբրայ”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʿi Sahetʿči Press, page 4
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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) “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (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