խոյ

See also: Խոյ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խու (xu) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian խոյ (xoy).

Pronunciation

Noun

խոյ (xoy)

  1. ram
  2. (miltary) battering ram

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

խոյ (xoy)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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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