դոխն

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *դողն (*doġn), from Persian دول (dôl, “mill hopper”).

Noun

դոխն • (doxn) (genitive singular դոխին, genitive instrumental դոխամբ)

1. mill hopper (a funnel-shaped container, whence the grist is discharged into the mill)

Descendants

• Armenian: դոխ (dox)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դոխն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դոխն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դոխն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press