թագւոր

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• թագվոր (tʻagvor), թագուոր (tʻaguor)

Etymology

From Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor).

Noun

թագւոր • (tʻagwor), genitive singular թագւորի (tʻagwori)

1. king
2. bridegroom (because he carries a crown during the wedding)

Derived terms

• թագուորանալ (tʻaguoranal)
• թագւորական (tʻagworakan)
• թագւորացեղ (tʻagworacʻeġ)
• թագվորորդի (tʻagvorordi)

Descendants

• Armenian: թագվոր (tʻagvor)
• → Arabic: تكفور (takfūr)
  • → Old Catalan: tafur
    • Catalan: tafur
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: tafur, taful
    • Galician: tafur
    • Portuguese: taful
  • → Old Spanish: tafur
    • Spanish: tahúr
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تكفور (tekfur), թէքֆուր (tekfur) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: tekfur
  • → Persian: تکفور (takfur)
• → Persian: تکور (takvor)

References

• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “թագւոր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press