ձավար

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ձաւար (jawar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձավար • (javar)

  1. cracked wheat groats (raw or cooked)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 37:[1]
      ձավար․ ֆառռօ
      javar; faṙṙō
      ձավար (javar) = farro

Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative ձավար (javar)
dative ձավարի (javari)
ablative ձավարից (javaricʻ)
instrumental ձավարով (javarov)
locative ձավարում (javarum)
definite forms
nominative ձավարը/ձավարն (javarə/javarn)
dative ձավարին (javarin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ձավարս (javars)
dative ձավարիս (javaris)
ablative ձավարիցս (javaricʻs)
instrumental ձավարովս (javarovs)
locative ձավարումս (javarums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ձավարդ (javard)
dative ձավարիդ (javarid)
ablative ձավարիցդ (javaricʻd)
instrumental ձավարովդ (javarovd)
locative ձավարումդ (javarumd)

Alternative forms
dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation

Derived terms
  • ձավրել (javrel)
  • ձավրտել (javrtel)

Descendants
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: savar
    → Central Kurdish: ساوار (sawar), ساوەر (sawer)
  • → Turkish: zavar, zaval, zavır, zevar, zavara
    • → Armenian: զավառ (zavaṙ) (Sivas)
  • → Zazaki: savar

References
  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձաւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 147–148
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 93–94
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