արշալոյս

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian *արշալուրջ (*aršalurǰ), the older form of արշալուրշ (aršalurš). The forms ending in -լոյս (-loys) were modified folk-etymologically under the influence of լոյս (loys).

Noun

արշալոյս • (aršaloys)

  1. dawn

Descendants
  • Armenian: արշալույս (aršaluys)

References
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “արշալոյս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արշալոյս”, 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) “aršalurš-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 142
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