Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian երիվար (erivar); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

երիվար (erivar)

  1. saddle horse

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *rēvār/d, *rēβar/d, from Iranian *rīya(t)-vār(i)- (emitting seminal fluid), from *rī- (to flow; to defecate; to soil); compare Persian ریدن (ridan, to defecate), Sanskrit रीति (rīti, stream). For the second part see վարուժան (varužan).

Noun edit

երիվար (erivar)

  1. saddle horse, riding horse
    երիվար քաջընթացerivar kʻaǰəntʻacʻpad, ambling nag, stead

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երիվար (erivar)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երիվար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երիվար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Patrubány, Lukács (1908–1909) “Mélanges arméniens”, in Mémoires de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 15
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 70
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երիվար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy