հօտ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to shepherd”) grown with -d-, as in Persian پاده (pâda, “flock”). Alternatively, connected with հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut”) and հօտ (hōt, “cut-off branch”) with a semantic development ‘to cut, divide’ → ‘a division of the flock’ → ‘flock of sheep’. See also հոտաղ (hotaġ).
Alternative forms
[edit]- հաւտ (hawt)
Noun
[edit]հօտ • (hōt)
- flock of sheep (also of other quadrupeds)
- ճարակ հօտից ― čarak hōticʻ ― pastures for flocks
- (figuratively) group of people
- (figuratively, Christianity) the faithful, the universal Church
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- հօտաժողով (hōtažołov)
- հօտապետ (hōtapet)
- հօտապետութիւն (hōtapetutʻiwn)
- հօտասէր (hōtasēr)
- հօտավատնիչ (hōtavatničʻ)
- հօտարած (hōtarac)
- հօտարան (hōtaran)
- հօտերէց (hōterēcʻ)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: հոտ (hot)
Etymology 2
[edit]The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂dti-, from *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), whence հատ (hat).
Alternative forms
[edit]- հաւտ (hawt)
Noun
[edit]հօտ • (hōt)
- cut-off branch of vine
Derived terms
[edit]- հօտեմ (hōtem)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: հոտ (hot)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հօտ”, 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 392
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 400