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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)
- pledge, security
- wager, bet
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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