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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Parthian𐫡𐫇𐫔(rwδ/rōδ/), from Proto-Iranian*Hrawdáh(“copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawdʰás. The prothetic ա-(a-) is a regular inner-Armenian development as Armenian phonotactics do not allow a word to start with a ր-(r-).
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 331ab
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 111
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8