Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwylk' /⁠awērag⁠/, desolate, ruined). See աւեր (awer) for more.

Adjective edit

աւերակ (awerak)

  1. ruined, desolate

Noun edit

աւերակ (awerak)

  1. ruin

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ավերակ (averak)

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւերակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 518
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 869
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւերակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy