սարա

Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic صَرْعَة (ṣarʕa).[1]

Noun

սարա • (sara)[1]

  1. (obsolete) epilepsy
    Synonym: ընկնավորություն (ənknavorutʻyun)
    • 17th century, Buniatʿ Sebastacʿi, Girkʿ bžškutʿean tumari :
      Թէ յղեղն ընկնի՝ զքթա և սապաթ և սարա և թաշանուշ լինի
      Tʻē yġeġn ənkni, zkʻtʻa ew sapatʻ ew sara ew tʻašanuš lini

References
  1. Poġosyan, Norayr (2014) “սարա”, in Norahayt baṙer vaġašxarhabaryan aġbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, page 180a
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