կապոյտ

From Middle Iranian *kapōt, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *kapauta- (“pigeon”). Compare Middle Persian kpwt' (kabōd, “grey-blue; pigeon”), Persian کبود‎ (kabôd, “grey-blue”), Sanskrit कपोत (kapóta, “pigeon; the grey colour of a pigeon”). Related to կապուտակ (kaputak).

կապոյտ • (kapoyt)

1. blue; sky-blue; navy-blue; ashy

   գորշ կապոյտ ― gorš kapoyt ― dark blue

   կապոյտ դաշտ ― kapoyt dašt ― the liquid plain, the watery way the main, the sea

կապոյտ • (kapoyt)

1. blue

• Armenian: կապույտ (kapuyt)
• Georgian: კაპოეტი (ḳaṗoeṭi), კაპიტო (ḳaṗiṭo)
• Middle Armenian: կապուտ (kaput)
  • Armenian: կապուտ (kaput)

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• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կապոյտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կապոյտ”, 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
• M. Bais, Kapoyt/Blue: Tracing the Armenian History of a Colour, “LANX” 11 (2012), pp. 84‐109