հոյ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Persian هوی (huy, “fear, dread”), Old Armenian հիանամ (hianam), Latin paveo, Old Irish úath, Welsh ofn.
Noun
[edit]հոյ • (hoy)
Derived terms
[edit]- խոյակապ (xoyakap)
- Հոյ (Hoy)
- հոյակապ (hoyakap)
- հոյակապեալ (hoyakapeal)
- հոյանուն (hoyanun)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 416