Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

*աւնոյ (*awnoy, genitive-dative of *աւն (*awn)) +‎ տէր (tēr)

Noun edit

աւնոյտէր (awnoytēr)

  1. lord of property, proprietor, owner
  2. legitimate husband of a woman

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: ունետէր (unetēr)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*awn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 155