ჰოროველო

Georgian

Alternative forms

• არალო (aralo)

Etymology

From Armenian հորովել (horovel).

Noun

ჰოროველო • (horovelo)

1. the song sung during the tilling of soil intended to cheer up the animals and the peasants

References

• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ჰოროველო”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press