վաւեր
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾp̄l /wābar/, “truth; belief”), [script needed] (wʾp̄lykʾn' /wābarīgān/, “true, trustworthy”), Persian باور (bâvar, “belief”).[1]
Adjective edit
վաւեր • (vawer)
Derived terms edit
- վաւերական (vawerakan)
- անվաւեր (anvawer)
- անվաւերական (anvawerakan)
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: վավեր (vaver)
References edit
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վաւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 327
Further reading edit
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վաւեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վաւեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy