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Old Armenian
Etymology
The original spelling is հաւրան (hawran), from *հաւր- (*hawr-, “shepherd”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro- (“guarder, protecter, keeper”), from *peh₂- (“to protect”), + -ան (-an, “collective suffix”). Compare also Middle Armenian պահրան (pahran).
Noun
հօրան • (hōran)
- flock of sheep or goats
- հօրան լինել ― hōran linel ― to jump, skip or leap for joy, to bound with joy (like a goat)
- sheepfold
Declension
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հօրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հօրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հօրան”, 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 401