Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian արտավար (artavar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

արտավար (artavar)

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

Declension edit

References edit

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

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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