Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian հօրեղբայր (hōrełbayr).

Noun

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հորաղբայր (horaġbayr)

  1. uncle (father's brother)
    • Inscription (Tombstone 8 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :[1][2]
      ]ԱՏ ՀՈՐԱՂԲԱՅՐ ՍՄԲԱՏԱՅ Գ[
      ]AT HORAĠBAYR SMBATAY G[
      ]AT uncle of Smbat [G

References

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  1. ^ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 329, page 113
  2. ^ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 353