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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. J̌ahukyan compares to Middle Persian (pargawār, “environs, sides”),[1] which is found in some dictionaries[2][3] but not MacKenzie, who has Middle Persian (plywʾl /parwār/, “citadel; circumvallation; suburb, surroundings”)[4] possibly as an alternative reading of the same word. Note also Northern Kurdish dever (“region”) and war (“realm, station, camp”).
Noun
գաւառ • (gawaṙ)
- district, region, canton
- (historical) a political subdivision of ancient Armenia, smaller than նահանգ (nahang, “province”)
7th century,
Anania Širakacʻi,
Ašxarhacʻoycʻ :
- Վեցերորդ՝ Կորճէք յելից կայ Մոկաց առ Ասորեստանիւ։ Եւ գաւառս ունի մետասան․ զԿորդիս, զԿորդիս վերին, զԿորդիս միջին, զԿորդիս ներքին, զԱյտուանս, զՄոթղանս, զՈրսիրանս, զԿարատունիս, զՃահուկ, զՓոքր Աղբակ։ Եւ ունի զառիկ․ եւ ի պտղոց՝ շահդանակ։
- Vecʻerord, Korčēkʻ yelicʻ kay Mokacʻ aṙ Asorestaniw. Ew gawaṙs uni metasan; zKordis, zKordis verin, zKordis miǰin, zKordis nerkʻin, zAytuans, zMotʻłans, zOrsirans, zKaratunis, zČahuk, zPʻokʻr Ałbak. Ew uni zaṙik; ew i ptłocʻ, šahdanak.
- 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen
- Korčēkʿ is east of Mokkʿ by Assyria. It has eleven districts: Kordis, Upper Kordis, Middle Kordis, Lower Kordis, Aytuans, Motʿłans, Orsirans, Karatunis, Čahuk, and Lesser Ałbak. It has arsenic and among its fruits is the chestnut.
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Descendants
References
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գաւառ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 153a
- ^ Abrahamyan, Ṙ. (1965) “pargavār”, in G. M. Nalbandyan, editor, Pahlaveren-parskeren-hayeren-ṙuseren-angleren baṙaran [Pahlavi–Persian–Armenian–Russian–English Dictionary], Yerevan: University Press, page 219
- ^ Farahvashī, Bahrām (1979) Farhang-e fārsi beh pahlavi [Persian–Pahlavi Dictionary], Tehran, pages 33, 244
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “parwār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւառ”, 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 527–528, tentatively derives from unattested Hurro-Urartian or a “Caucasian” language, comparing Georgian გვარი (gvari, “genus, kin, kind, sort, family”), but this is now known to be an unrelated cognate of գոհար (gohar)
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 87