հարա-

Alternative forms

• յարա- (yara-) – traditional orthography spelling
• հար- (har-)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Armenian յար (yar, “near, joined”), which was used post-classicaly as a prefix meaning “always” and in calques corresponding to Ancient Greek παρά (pará).

Prefix

հարա- • (hara-)

1. para-, beside, near

   հարականջային ― harakanǰayin ― parotid

2. para-, beyond

   հարակարծություն ― harakarcutʿyun ― paradox

3. constantly, always

   հարածածան ― haracacan ― constantly waving, fluttering