խոյ

See also: Խոյ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խու (xu) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian խոյ (xoy).

Pronunciation

Noun

խոյ • (xoy)

  1. ram
  2. (military) battering ram

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հոյ (hoy) only in the sense “battering ram”

Etymology

A borrowing from an unknown source, likely a wanderword. Compare Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰪 (qōñ, sheep), Karakhanid [script needed] (qōy, sheep), Turkish koyun (sheep), Avar куй (kuj, sheep).

Noun

խոյ • (xoy)

  1. ram
  2. (astronomy) Aries
  3. (military) battering ram
    ջրաբաշխական խոյǰrabašxakan xoyhydraulic ram

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խոյ (xoy)

See also

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խոյ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
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