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հովիտ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հովիտ (hovit).

Pronunciation

Noun

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հովիտ • (hovit)

  1. valley, vale, dale

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976), “հովիտ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ովիտ (ovit)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has been compared to Urartian 𒄷𒁉 (/⁠ḫubi⁠/, “valley”), Proto-Georgian-Zan *qew- (“ravine”) and Akkadian 𒄷𒌒𒌈 (ḫu-up-tum /⁠ḫuptu⁠/, “hole, hollow”), in plural 𒄷𒌒𒉻 (ḫu-up-pat /⁠ḫuppātu⁠/).

Noun

հովիտ • (hovit)

  1. valley, vale, dale
  2. cavity
  3. hillock, knoll

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • Աղիովիտ (Ałiovit)
  • Արճիշակովիտ (Arčišakovit)
  • Բալահովիտ (Balahovit)
  • բոլորահովիտ (bolorahovit)
  • Կոգովիտ (Kogovit)
  • հովտաբար (hovtabar)
  • հովտագոյն (hovtagoyn)
  • հովտաձեւ (hovtajew)
  • հովտաձեւութիւն (hovtajewutʻiwn)
  • հովտային (hovtayin)
  • հովտանամ (hovtanam)
  • հովտութիւն (hovtutʻiwn)
  • ջերմահովիտ (ǰermahovit)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: հովիտ (hovit) (learned)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977), “հովիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 116–117
  • Arutjunjan, N. V. (2001), M. L. Xačikjan, editor, Корпус урартских клинообразных надписей [Corpus of Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 446b
  • Arutjunjan, N. V. (2006), Биайнили – Урарту. Военно-политическая история и вопросы топонимики [Biainili – Urartu. The history of wars and politics, and questions of place-name studies]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg: University Press, page 311
  • Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “հովիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 122b
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “հովիտ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 505a
  • Bănățeanu, Vlad (1961), “Beiträge zum Studium der Urartischen Ortsnamen in der armenischen Toponymie”, in Handes Amsorya‎‎ (in German), volume 75, numbers 10–12, column 1067
  • Bănățeanu, Vlad (1962), “Problema lexicului urartic din limba armeană [The problem of Urartian lexicon in the Armenian language]”, in Studii și cercetări lingvistice (in Romanian), volume 13, number 1, page 8 of 257–279
  • Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1958), “Материалы к фонетике урартского языка [Materials on phonetics of the Urartian language]”, in Вопросы грамматики и истории восточных языков‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 42
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1904), Die altarmenischen Ortsnamen (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 384–385
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1963), Урартский и индоевропейские языки [The Urartian and the Indo-European languages]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 134
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1985), “Урартские заимствования в армянском языке [Urartian loanwords in Armenian]”, in Ju. V. Bromlej et al., editors, Культурное наследие Востока: проблемы, поиски, суждения‎ (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, page 370 of 364–372
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987), Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 434, 442–443
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “հովիտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 466ab
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1940), Urartui patmutʻyunə [The History of Urartu] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 55, also comparing խոպան (xopan)
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1940), Историко-лингвистическoe значение топонимики древней Армении [Historical and linguistic significance of ancient Armenian toponymy] (in Russian), Yerevan: University Press, page 45
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1956), Историко-лингвистические работы: К начальной истории армян: Древняя Малая Азия [Historical-Linguistic Works: Towards an early history of the Armenians. Ancient Asia Minor]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 196
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999), The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 943
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “հովիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 416a
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