Արա

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ara" and արա

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Արա (Ara).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Արա • (Ara)

  1. a male given name, Ara

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Արայ (Aray)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has been compared to the Ancient Greek theonym Ἄρης (Árēs) and Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ara, Ara, the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu). Probably identical with Ancient Greek Ἤρ (Ḗr) son of Ἀρμένιος (Arménios); see the Myth of Er.

Proper noun

Արա • (Ara)

  1. (Armenian mythology) a mythical king of Armenia known as Արա Գեղեցիկ (Ara Gełecʻik), Ara the Beautiful
  2. a constellation

Declension

Derived terms

  • Արայեան Արա (Arayean Ara)

Descendants

  • Armenian: Արա (Ara)

See also

Further reading

  • Ara the Beautiful on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արա”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 263–264
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 47–53
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 186
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
  • Russell, J.R. (1986) “ARA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
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