հօր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հաւր (hawr)

Etymology

The original spelling is հաւր (hawr), from Proto-Armenian *hatro-, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂trós, the genitive of *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek πατρός (patrós), Latin patris.

Noun

հօր • (hōr)

1. genitive singular of հայր (hayr)
2. dative singular of հայր (hayr)
3. locative singular of հայր (hayr)

References

• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 389
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 387