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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian (hwlwlʾn' /xwarwarān/, “sunset, west”), Persian خاور (xâvar, “west”).
Noun
խաւար • (xawar)
- darkness, obscurity
- ընդ խաւար, ի խաւարի ― ənd xawar, i xawari ― in the darkness, darkly
- խաւար շօշափելի ― xawar šōšapʻeli ― darkness that could be felt
- խաւար գիշերոյ ― xawar gišeroy ― the shades of night
- խաւար տգիտութեան ― xawar tgitutʻean ― the darkness of ignorance
- ի խաւար դառնալ ― i xawar daṙnal ― to get or to grow dark, to become obscure
- ընդ խաւար գնալ ― ənd xawar gnal ― to walk in darkness
- խաւար կալու զամենայն երկիր ― xawar kalu zamenayn erkir ― darkness covered the whole earth
- (figuratively) grief, sorrow, affliction
- blindness, delusion, ignorance
- ընդ խաւար գնալ ― ənd xawar gnal ― to be ignorant of
- hell
- բաժին խաւարին առնել ― bažin xawarin aṙnel ― to condemn, to damn
- devil
Declension
i-a-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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խաւար (xawar)
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| genitive
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խաւարի (xawari)
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| dative
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խաւարի (xawari)
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| accusative
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խաւար (xawar)
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| ablative
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խաւարէ (xawarē)
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| instrumental
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խաւարաւ (xawaraw)
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| locative
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խաւարի (xawari)
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Adjective
խաւար • (xawar)
- dark, obscure, gloomy, murky
- խաւար աղջամուղջ ― xawar ałǰamułǰ ― utter darkness
Declension
i-a-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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խաւար (xawar)
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| genitive
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խաւարի (xawari)
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| dative
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խաւարի (xawari)
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| accusative
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խաւար (xawar)
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| ablative
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խաւարէ (xawarē)
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| instrumental
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խաւարաւ (xawaraw)
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| locative
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խաւարի (xawari)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խաւար”, 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) “խաւար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 885
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաւար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy