հօրան

• հաւրան (hawran)
• հորան (horan)

The original spelling is հաւրան (hawran), from *հաւր- (*hawr-, “shepherd”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro- (“guarder, protecter, keeper”), from *peh₂- (“to protect”), +‎ -ան (-an, “collective suffix”). Compare also Middle Armenian պահրան (pahran).

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

• Armenian: հորան (horan)

• 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, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 401