հրովարտակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հրովարտակ (hrovartak).

Pronunciation

Noun

հրովարտակ • (hrovartak)

  1. (historical) letter containing a royal edict, decree or salutation

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫡𐫅𐫃 (frwrdg /⁠frawardag⁠/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plwltk' /⁠frawardag⁠/), 𐫛𐫡𐫇𐫡𐫅𐫃 (prwrdg /⁠frawardag⁠/, letter, epistle, scroll). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *fra- and *wart- (to turn) (Sanskrit वर्तते (vartate, to turn, roll)).

Noun

հրովարտակ • (hrovartak)

  1. letter containing a royal edict, decree or salutation
    գիր հրովարտակիgir hrovartakichronicles, annals
    հրովարտակ առնել, հանելhrovartak aṙnel, hanelto issue a decree
    հրովարտակս առնելhrovartaks aṙnelto make or publish edicts

Declension

Derived terms

  • հրովարտակաւոր (hrovartakawor)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հրովարտակ (hrovartak)
  • Georgian: ჰროარტაგი (hroarṭagi), ჰროარდაგი (hroardagi), როარტაკი (roarṭaḳi), როარტაგი (roarṭagi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հրովարտակ”, 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) “հրովարտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 184
  • 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 249
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հրովարտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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