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հովիւ

հովիւ

Old Armenian

Noun

հովիւ (hoviw)

  1. pastor, shepherd, herdsman, neatherd
    հովուի գաւազան/բիրhovui gawazan/bir ― (botany) shepherd's rod or staff, wild thistle, Dipsacus sativus, Damasonium
    մանուկ հովիւmanuk hoviw ― shepherd-boy
    աղջիկ հովիւałǰik hoviw ― shepherdess, shepherd-girl, shepherd-lass

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), հովիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), հովիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), հովիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 419