Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

աւր (awr)

  1. Alternative spelling of օր (ōr)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps related to Latin aurugo.

Noun edit

աւր (awr)

  1. (anatomy) gall
Declension edit
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “աւր”, 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) “*awre(a)r”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156