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օտար

օտար

Armenian

Adjective

օտար (ōtar) (superlative ամենաօտար)

  1. strange, foreign, alien
    օտար լեզուōtar lezu ― foreign language

Declension

Noun

օտար (ōtar)

  1. stranger; foreigner
  2. a non-Armenian (similar to a goy for Jews)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւտար (awtar), from Middle Iranian *awtar. Compare Avestan [script needed] (aiwitara-, foreign).

Adjective

օտար (ōtar)

  1. foreign; remote, distant; other; extraordinary, strange

Declension

Noun

օտար (ōtar)

  1. stranger

Declension

Adverb

օտար (ōtar)

  1. vainly, in vain, unjustly, wrongfully

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), օտար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), օտար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), օտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935