աշխար

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾxšd (*axšad, *axšaẟ, “pity, mercy”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾxšʾd (*axšād, “troubled, distressed; distress”). Related to ապաշխարեմ (apašxarem).

աշխար • (ašxar) indeclinable

1. mourning, lamentation, complaint

   աշխար դնել ― ašxar dnel ― to lament, to mourn

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աշխար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աշխար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աշխար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17