միրհավ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *մայրիահաւ (*mayriahaw, literally bird of woods), from մայրի (mayri) + -ա- (-a-) + հաւ (haw).

Pronunciation

Noun

միրհավ (mirhav) (traditional orthography spelling միրհաւ)

  1. a kind of pheasant or heath-cock, black-cock

Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 449
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