տաւար

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish طوار (tavar), whence Turkish davar, Azerbaijani davar. The Armenian term is attested since at least 1340.

Noun

տաւար • (tawar)

1. cattle

Derived terms

• տաւարիկ (tawarik)

Descendants

• Armenian: տավար (tavar)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տուար”, 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, pages 424–425, identifies with Old Armenian տուար (tuar) and following Pedersen considers the Turkic words borrowed from Armenian
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § A15, page 161
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “տաւար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 753b