Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The original spelling is յաւրայ (yawray). Related to հայր (hayr) and descended from some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr and cognate with Sanskrit पितृव्या (pitṛvyā, father’s brother, paternal uncle), Ancient Greek πάτρως (pátrōs, male relative, especially father’s brother), Latin patruus. It has been pointed out that an exact morphological analysis is extremely difficult.

Noun edit

յօրայ (yōray)

  1. stepfather

Usage notes edit

Replaced later by հօրու (hōru).

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հորա (hora)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յօրայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յօրայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յօրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 491