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նավ
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Armenian
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /nɑv/, [nɑv]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /nɑv/, [nɑv]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Armenian նաւ (naw).
Noun
նավ • (nav) (traditional orthography spelling նաւ)
Declension
Derived terms
- առագաստանավ (aṙagastanav)
- բուքսիրային նավ (bukʻsirayin nav)
- զբոսանավ (zbosanav)
- լաստանավ (lastanav)
- հածանավ (hacanav)
- նավախել (navaxel)
- նավակազմ (navakazm)
- նավակայան (navakayan)
- շոգենավ (šogenav)
- ռազմանավ (ṙazmanav)
- սուզանավ (suzanav)
- տիեզերանավ (tiezeranav)
- օդանավ (ōdanav)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian ناو (nâv). According to Martirosyan “one cannot exclude the possibility that the meaning ‘basin; trough’ has been developed within Armenian, compare the literary meaning ‘winepress basin’” attested for Old Armenian նաւ (naw).
Alternative forms
- նով (nov) (Agulis, Karabakh)
Noun
նավ • (nav) (traditional orthography spelling նաւ)
- (dialectal) mill race
- (dialectal) gutter
- (dialectal) tube
- (dialectal) basin or drain of a fountain
- (dialectal) trough
Declension
Derived terms
- նավագլուխ (navaglux)
- նավահիլ (navahil)
- նավքաշ (navkʻaš)
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 500
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “նաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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