կավառ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian կաւառն (kawaṙn).

Pronunciation

Noun

կավառ • (kavaṙ) (traditional orthography spelling կաւառ) (dialectal)

  1. narrow brook, canal
  2. the point on a canal, whence the water is separated and directed towards the land to be irrigated

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: gever, gavar, kavar

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “կավառ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “կաւառ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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