Jump to content

հովիւ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Old Armenian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From the Proto-Indo-European compound *h₃ewi-peh₂-, from *h₃éwis (sheep) and *peh₂- (to protect). Cognate with Sanskrit अविपाल (avi-pā-lá-, shepherd).

Noun

[edit]

հովիւ (hoviw)

  1. pastor, shepherd, herdsman, neatherd
    հովուի գաւազան/բիրhovui gawazan/bir(botany) shepherd's rod or staff, wild thistle, Dipsacus sativus, Damasonium
    մանուկ հովիւmanuk hoviwshepherd-boy
    աղջիկ հովիւałǰik hoviwshepherdess, shepherd-girl, shepherd-lass

Declension

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Armenian: հովիվ (hoviv)

References

[edit]
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հովիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հովիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հովիւ”, 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 419