օտար

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian օտար (ōtar).

Pronunciation

Adjective

օտար (ōtar) (superlative ամենաօտար)

  1. strange, foreign, alien
    օտար լեզուōtar lezuforeign language

Declension

Noun

օտար (ōtar)

  1. stranger; foreigner
  2. a non-Armenian (similar to a goy for Jews)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւտար (awtar), from Middle Iranian *awtar. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (aiuuitara, foreign). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *abitara-.

Adjective

օտար (ōtar)

  1. foreign; remote, distant; other; extraordinary, strange

Declension

Noun

օտար (ōtar)

  1. stranger

Declension

Adverb

օտար (ōtar)

  1. vainly, in vain, unjustly, wrongfully

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: օտար (ōtar)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օտար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օտար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press