աւար

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭀𐭓 (ʾwʾr), Middle Persian 𐭀𐭃𐭀𐭋𐭉 (ʾdʾly, “booty, plunder”), Pashto اوار (avār, “plunder, spoil, prey, booty, pillage”), Classical Mandaic ࡀࡅࡀࡓ (ʾwʾr /⁠ā̆vār⁠/, “plundering”) (from Iranian), Old Georgian ავარი (avari), იავარი (iavari) (from Iranian), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HwarH- (“to pluck, tear out; to rob, plunder”).

աւար • (awar)

1. loot, spoils, booty; plunder, pillage, sacking

   լիաձեռն աւարաւ ― liajeṙn awaraw ― charged with plunder

   աւար առնուլ, ածել, հարկանել, յաւար մատնել, յաւարի առնուլ, տանել ― awar aṙnul, acel, harkanel, yawar matnel, yawari aṙnul, tanel ― to spoil, to make booty, to pillage, to sack, to plunder, to ravage

   յաւար մատնիլ ― yawar matnil ― to be a prey, to be given to pillage

• → Armenian: ավար (avar)
• →? Old Georgian: ავარი (avari), იავარი (iavari)
  • → Mingrelian: ნავარი (navari)

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