Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian ازدر (azdar, worthy, deserving).

Noun edit

ազդար (azdar)

  1. glossed in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ as պարապար (parapar, equal)

Usage notes edit

Attested only in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ.

References edit

  • Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “ազդար”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 6
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ազդար”, 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 86ab
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 85
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ազդար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 23a