զարար

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian զարար (zarar), from Ottoman Turkish ضرر (zarar), from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar).

Pronunciation

Noun

զարար (zarar) (dialectal)

  1. damage, harm
    Synonym: վնաս (vnas)
    • 1636, Simēon Lehacʿi, Ułegrutʿiwn [Travel Accounts] :[1][2]
      Եւ ասին թէ ԺԵ Մսրայ խազնայի չափ զարար եղեւ․ զէրպապչիք, խամղալաթցիք, աթլազ-քամխացիք, պահարչիք, չուխաչիք․ քանի հարիւր խանութ սօֆչիք, խալի, քիլիմ, ապրշում եւ քանի հարիւր թօբ սամուր սարտաւայ, սինճաբ, ախազ, աղվես, եւ այլ ազգ եւ ազգ թույալաթ
      Ew asin tʿē ŽE Msray xaznayi čʿapʿ zarar ełew; zērpapčʿikʿ, xamłalatʿcʿikʿ, atʿlaz-kʿamxacʿikʿ, paharčʿikʿ, čʿuxačʿikʿ; kʿani hariwr xanutʿ sōfčʿikʿ, xali, kʿilim, apršum ew kʿani hariwr tʿōb samur sartaway, sinčab, axaz, ałves, ew ayl azg ew azg tʿuyalatʿ
      • Translation by George A. Bournoutian
        They said that treasuries were lost which equaled fifteen Egyptian treasuries, golden brocades, other fine brocades, fine atlas, spices, felt cloaks, several hundred stores with wool, carpets, kilims, silk, several thousand bales of camel fur, sable, squirrel skins, ermine, fox and other various furs.
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 18:[3]
      զարար․ տաննօ․ ռիզիկօ
      zarar; tannō; ṙizikō
      զարար (zarar) = danno, risico

Declension

Alternative forms

  • զա̈րա̈ր (zärär)

References

  1. Akinean, H. N., editor (1936) Simēon dpri Lehacʿwoy ułegrutʿiwn, taregrutʿiwn ew yišatakarankʿ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 381
  2. Bournoutian, George A. (2007) The Travel Accounts of Simēon of Poland (Armenian Studies Series; 10), Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, page 311
  3. 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 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), զարար”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), զարար”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), զարար”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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