հաւասար

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from Parthian 𐫍𐫀𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫡‎ (hʾwsʾr /hāwsār/, “similar, like; the like”).[1][2][3][4] Remodelled as a native composite with the interfix -ա- (-a-).[5] Alternatively, the Iranian word itself had an -a-.[6]

Adjective

հաւասար • (hawasar)

  1. equal, like, same
    առ հաւասար ― aṙ hawasar ― equally, alike, likewise, conformably, in the like manner
    հաւասար թղթոյն ― hawasar tʿłtʿoyn ― copy, duplicate
    հաւասար գտանիլ, լինել ― hawasar gtanil, linel ― to equal, to match, to be on a par or level with; to rank, to be at par
    հաւասար հրամանին առնուլ զկատարումն ― hawasar hramanin aṙnul zkatarumn ― to be executed according to orders or command
    զանձն հաւասար առնէր Աստուածոյ ― zanjn hawasar aṙnēr Astuacoy ― he made himself equal with God
    զօրութիւն եւ դաւ հաւասար են առաջն նորա ― zōrutʿiwn ew daw hawasar en aṙaǰn nora ― force or stratagem are the same to him

Declension

Adverb

հաւասար • (hawasar)

  1. equally, alike

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: հաւասար (hawasar), հաւսար (hawsar)
    • Armenian: հավասար (havasar), հավսար (havsar)
      • → Turkish: havsar

References

  1. ↑ Salemann, Carl (1908), “Manichaeische Studien. I. Die mittelpersischen Texte in revidierter Transcription, mit Glossar und grammatischen Bemerkungen”, in Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VIIIe Série, Cl. hist.-phil., volume 8, issue 10, page 81
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հաւասար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 69ab
  3. ↑ Benveniste, Émile (1957–1958), “Mots d’emprunt iraniens en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 53, pages 56–57
  4. ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 891
  5. ↑ Leroy, Maurice (1983), “Emprunts iraniens dans la composition nominale en arménien classique”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 17, page 55
  6. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “հաւասար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 454a

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