Armenian

Alternative forms

• անդրուվար ‎(andruvar)

Noun

անդրուար • ‎(andruar)

1. (dated) cart, wagon
2. (dated) horse or mule yoked to a cart

Declension

References

• Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), “անդրուար”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• անդրուվար ‎(andruvar)
• անդրվար ‎(andrvar)
• անդրավար ‎(andravar)
• անդուար ‎(anduar)

Etymology

Perhaps an Iranian borrowing with a basic meaning “a cart with covered interior”, composed of Iranian *andar- ‎(“interior”) and *var- ‎(“to cover”); both constituents are found in անդրավարտիք ‎(andravartikʿ). Alternatively, the first part *անդր ‎(*andr) could have meant “cart, wagon”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ndʰ-ur- ‎(“road”) with Old Norse ǫndurr ‎(“snow-shoe”) and Sanskrit अध्वन् ‎(ádhvan, “road”) as cognates; the second part could then indeed be from Iranian *var- ‎(“to cover”) or *var- ‎(“to lead”), whence վարեմ ‎(varem), or a contamination of both.

Ałayan connects with անուր ‎(anur, “ring”), but this is considered implausible by Martirosyan.

Noun

անդրուար • ‎(andruar)

1. cart, wagon
2. horse or mule yoked to a cart

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: անդրուար ‎(andruar)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անդրուար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անդրուվար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անդրուար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 20–22
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “andruar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 77–78