Արա
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ara" and արա
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Արա (Ara).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈɾɑ/,
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈɾɑ/,
Proper noun
Արա • (Ara)
- a male given name, Ara
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Արա (Ara) | Արաներ (Araner) | ||
| dative | Արայի (Arayi) | Արաների (Araneri) | ||
| ablative | Արայից (Arayicʻ) | Արաներից (Aranericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | Արայով (Arayov) | Արաներով (Aranerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | Արան (Aran) | Արաները/Արաներն (Aranerə/Aranern) | ||
| dative | Արային (Arayin) | Արաներին (Aranerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | Արաս (Aras) | Արաներս (Araners) | ||
| dative | Արայիս (Arayis) | Արաներիս (Araneris) | ||
| ablative | Արայիցս (Arayicʻs) | Արաներիցս (Aranericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | Արայովս (Arayovs) | Արաներովս (Aranerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | Արադ (Arad) | Արաներդ (Aranerd) | ||
| dative | Արայիդ (Arayid) | Արաներիդ (Aranerid) | ||
| ablative | Արայիցդ (Arayicʻd) | Արաներիցդ (Aranericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | Արայովդ (Arayovd) | Արաներովդ (Aranerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- Արայ (Aray)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Has been compared to the Ancient Greek theonym Ἄρης (Árēs) and Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ara, “Ara, the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu”). Probably identical with Ancient Greek Ἤρ (Ḗr) son of Ἀρμένιος (Arménios); see the Myth of Er.
Proper noun
Արա • (Ara)
- (Armenian mythology) a mythical king of Armenia known as Արա Գեղեցիկ (Ara Gełecʻik), Ara the Beautiful
- a constellation
Declension
i-type
Derived terms
- Արայեան Արա (Arayean Ara)
Descendants
- → Armenian: Արա (Ara)
See also
Further reading
Ara the Beautiful on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արա”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 263–264
- Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 47–53
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 186
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
- Russell, J.R. (1986) “ARA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
