նախարար

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նախարար (naxarar).

Pronunciation

Noun

նախարար (naxarar)

  1. (historical) nakharar
  2. (politics) minister
    Synonym: մինիստր (ministr)
    էկոնոմիկայի նախարարēkonomikayi naxararminister of economy

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian 𐭍𐭇𐭅𐭃𐭓 (nḥwdr /⁠*naxwaẟār⁠/, title of a senior representative of the local nobility, literally holder of the primacy). Compare also Sogdian (nʾβδʾr, prince). For the constituents see նախ (nax) and Persian ـدار (-dâr, keeper, holder). The attempt to explain as նախ (nax, first) + արարեալ (arareal, created, born) is a folk etymology.

Noun

նախարար (naxarar)

  1. nakharar
    նախարարքnaxararkʻmagnates, grandees, noblemen

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: նախարար (naxarar)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նախարար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Chaumont M. L. (1986) “ARMENIA AND IRAN ii. The pre-Islamic period”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2009-12-08
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նախարար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նախարար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy