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Where does “Վարվառա” come from?

Վարվառա (Armenian) comes from Russian Варва́ра, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Ancestry of “Վարվառա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianВарва́ра—
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
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