երէ

• այրէ (ayrē), երայ (eray), էրէ (ērē)

Uncertain. Compare երինջ (erinǰ).

երէ • (erē)

1. herbivorous game animal (e.g. deer)
2. living being (including the human)
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 26.1.[1]:

     Է երէ ինչ, որ կոչի կասդորիոս, որ թարգմանի կուղբ․ հանդարտ եւ յոյժ զգաւն է երէն։

     Ē erē inčʻ, or kočʻi kasdorios, or tʻargmani kułb; handart ew yoyž zgawn ē erēn.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       There is an animal called castor, which is translated beaver; the animal is quite and very gentle.

• → Armenian: երե (ere)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երէ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 91
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 938
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երէ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “²er-, eri-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326