հովազ

Armenian

Armenian postage stamp depicting Panthera pardus ciscaucasica (Caucasian Leopard)

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian յովազ (yovaz).

Pronunciation

Noun

հովազ • (hovaz)

  1. leopard, Panthera pardus

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Further reading

  • հովազ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors (1980), “հովազ”, in Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 550a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998) “հովազ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ A. Katʻnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 370, page 36
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