արև

From Old Armenian արև (arew).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾev/, [ɑɾév]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾev/, [ɑɾév]

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արև • (arew)

1. the sun
2. sunlight
3. (figuratively) life

   արևդ երկար լինի / երկար արև լինես ― arewd erkar lini / erkar arew lines ― a blessing, "long life to you"

   հորս արևը վկա ― hors arewə vka ― an oath, "I swear on my father's life"

   հորս արև ― hors arew ― I swear (also a general expletive)

   օր ու արև չտալ ― ōr u arew čʻtal ― to make someone's life miserable

• արեգ (areg), արեգակ (aregak), արփի (arpʻi)

արև • (arew) (superlative ամենաարև)

1. sunny, bright

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “արև”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
• “արև”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂réw-is (“sun, sunshine”), from *h₂rew- (“to shine”); whence also Sanskrit रवि (ravi, “sun”).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} Related to արեգ (areg).

According to Martirosyan, Old Armenian արև (arew) / արեգ (areg) probably reflects an Indo-European or Armeno-Aryan poetically or sacrally marked designation of “sun”, replacing the Proto-Indo-European unmarked profane *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).^[10]

արև • (arew)

1. the sun

   մուտք արևու ― mutkʻ arewu ― sunset or sundown

   ելք արևու ― elkʻ arewu ― sunrise

   ի մտանել արևու ― i mtanel arewu ― the setting of the sun

   յելանել, ի ծագել արևու ― yelanel, i cagel arewu ― the rising of the sun

2. the light of the sun

   յարևու գալ ― yarewu gal ― to come in broad daylight, to come before the sun sets

   զքաղցր արևն յաչաց հանել, զրկել յարևէ ― zkʻałcʻr arewn yačʻacʻ hanel, zrkel yarewē ― to deprive of light, to blind

3. (figuratively) life, day

   յարևն երդնուլ ― yarewn erdnul ― to swear by one's days or life

   յարևէ արկանել, զարև հատանել ― yarewē arkanel, zarew hatanel ― to murder, to kill; to lose one's life

   ըմպել յարև ուրուք ― əmpel yarew urukʻ ― to drink to the health of some one, to toast

According to Ačaṙean, in classical Old Armenian արև (arew) referred to the light of the sun, while արեգակն (aregakn) was used for the star itself.

• Armenian: արև (arew)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy