"Արա" meaning in Old Armenian

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Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{unk|xcl|title=unknown}} unknown, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{n-g|the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu}} the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu, {{cog|ae|𐬀𐬭𐬀|t=Ara, the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu}} Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ara, “Ara, the name of a certain believer, father of Berezishnu and Kasupatu”), {{cog|grc|Ἤρ}} Ancient Greek Ἤρ (Ḗr) Head templates: {{head|xcl|proper noun}} Արա • (Ara) Inflection templates: {{xcl-decl-noun-unc|Արա|11=Արայիւ|13=Արայի|3=Արայի|5=Արայի|7=Արա|9=Արայէ|note=|type=i-type}} Forms: Ara [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Արա [nominative, singular, uncountable], Արայի [genitive, singular, uncountable], Արայի [dative, singular, uncountable], Արա [accusative, singular, uncountable], Արայէ [ablative, singular, uncountable], Արայիւ [instrumental, singular, uncountable], Արայի [locative, singular, uncountable], Արայ [alternative]
  1. (Armenian mythology) a mythical king of Armenia known as Արա Գեղեցիկ (Ara Gełecʻik), Ara the Beautiful Tags: Armenian Derived forms: Արայեան Արա (Arayean Ara) Related terms: Շամիրամ (Šamiram), Նուարդ (Nuard), առլեզ (aṙlez)
    Sense id: en-Արա-xcl-name-QHvdeLPs Categories (other): Armenian mythology Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a constellation
    Sense id: en-Արա-xcl-name-ETGO7N-L Categories (other): Constellations Disambiguation of Constellations: 21 79
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