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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian պայտար (paytar), from Arabic بَيْطَار (bayṭār, farrier).[1][2] The spelling պայտառ (paytaṙ) arose by a false reanalysis as պայտ (payt) + առնեմ (aṙnem, to make).[3][4][1]

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Noun edit

պայտար (paytar)

  1. farrier
    Synonym: նալբանդ (nalband)

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պայտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 19b
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պայտար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 620a
  3. ^ Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “պայտառ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 998b
  4. ^ Pʻēštəmalčean, Grigor (1846) “պայտառ”, in Baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language], volume II, Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 545b