Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian ازدر (azdar, worthy, deserving).

Noun edit

ազդար (azdar)

  1. glossed in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ as պարապար (parapar, equal)

Usage notes edit

Attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ.

References edit

  • Eremia Meġrecʿi (1698) “ազդար”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʿi Sahetʿči Press, page 6
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) “ազդար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 86ab
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 85
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ազդար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 23a