հարաւ

Etymologically means “front-side” and derives from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥Hwós; cognate with Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “being before, going in front, first, former; eastern”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pa^uruua), 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pao^uruua), 𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (po^uruua, “being in front, first, former; southern”), Old Church Slavonic прьвъ (prĭvŭ, “first”). Compare հիւսիս (hiwsis).

հարաւ • (haraw)

1. south

   արեւելեան հարաւ ― arewelean haraw ― southeast

   արեւմտեան հարաւ ― arewmtean haraw ― southwest

   հողմ հարաւոյ ― hołm harawoy ― the south wind

2. southern wind

   շնչէ հարաւ ― šnčʻē haraw ― it blows from the south

• Armenian: հարավ (harav)
• → Middle Georgian: არავი (aravi)
  • Georgian: არავი (aravi)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հարաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հարաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հարաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 393