աբրայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

As has been correctly noticed by J̌ahukyan, from Ancient Greek ἅβρα (hábra, favourite slave).

Noun

աբրայ (abray)

  1. Synonym of աղախին (ałaxin)

Usage notes

Attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ as a Greek word.

References

  • Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), աբրայ”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču, page 4
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), աբրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 75a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, page 85
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), աբրայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 19b
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