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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, “ruin, destruction”), Middle Persian (ʾwylʾn' /awērān/), Persian ویران (virân, “desolate, ruined”), and see the latter for more.
Adjective
աւեր • (awer)
- desolate, ruined
Noun
աւեր • (awer)
- desolation, ruin; ruined place
- յաւեր լինել, կալ մատնիլ, դառնալ ― yawer linel, kal matnil, daṙnal ― to be ruined, to decay, to be desolate
- յաւեր դարձուցանել, յաւեր անմարդի դնել ― yawer darjucʻanel, yawer anmardi dnel ― to ruin, to destroy, to ravage, to desolate, to harass, to infest
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւեր”, 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, pages 359–360
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 112, 511
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy