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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ձաւար (jawar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ձավար (javar)

  1. cracked wheat groats (raw or cooked)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 37:[1]
      ձավար․ ֆառռօ
      javar; faṙṙō
      ձավար (javar) = farro

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Descendants edit

  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: savar
    Central Kurdish: ساوار (sawar), ساوەر (sawer)
  • Turkish: zavar, zaval, zavır, zevar, zavara
  • Zazaki: savar

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձաւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 147–148
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 93–94