տաւար

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish طوار‎ (tavar), whence Turkish davar, Azerbaijani davar. The Armenian term is attested since at least 1340.

Noun

տաւար • (tawar)

  1. cattle

Derived terms
  • տաւարիկ (tawarik)

Descendants
  • Armenian: տավար (tavar)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տուար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 424–425, identifies with Old Armenian տուար (tuar) and following Pedersen considers the Turkic words borrowed from Armenian
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § A15, page 161
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “տաւար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 753b
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