գրաւ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (glwb' /⁠graw⁠/, pledge, security), Classical Persian گرو (giraw, wager, stake, bet; pledge, pawn, deposit, earnest; contract). Georgian გირაო (girao, pledge) is from the same source.

Noun

գրաւ (graw)

  1. pledge, security
  2. wager, bet

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գրավ (grav), գրազ (graz)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գրաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գրաւ”, 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, page 131
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy