հօրու

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *հաւրու (*hawru), based on հայր (hayr) analogically after մօրու (mōru).

Noun

հօրու • (hōru), genitive singular հօրուի (hōrui)

  1. stepfather

Descendants
  • Armenian: հորու (horu)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հօրու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հօրու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “հօրու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd 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 387
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