Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian խաւիար (xawiar), from Ottoman Turkish خاویار (xavyar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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խավիար (xaviar) (traditional orthography spelling խաւիար)

  1. caviar, spawn, roe

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խավյար”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 171
  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “խավիար”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys