Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հաւրան ‎(hawran)
• հորան ‎(horan)

Noun

հօրան • ‎(hōran)

1. flock of sheep or goats

   հօրան լինել‎ ― hōran linel ― to jump, skip or leap for joy, to bound with joy (like a goat)

2. sheepfold

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: հորան ‎(horan)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հօրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հօրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հօրան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 401