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օթեւան

օթեւան

Armenian

Noun

օթեւան (ōtʿewan)

  1. lodging place

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

From աւթի- (awtʿi-) + -ա- (-a-) + վան (van) or from աւթի- (awtʿi-) + աւան (awan).

Noun

օթեւան (ōtʿewan)

  1. inn, hostelry; dwelling, lodging, habitation, convent
    երանաւէտ օթեւան արդարոցeranawēt ōtʿewan ardarocʿ ― the happy abode of the just
    օթեւանս առնել, առնուլ/օթեւան ունելōtʿewans aṙnel, aṙnul/ōtʿewan unel ― to lodge in, to dwell in, to reside in, to live in, to inhabit
    ու՞ր են օթեւան ք քոu?r en ōtʿewan kʿ kʿo ― where do you live?
  2. a day's journey
    հեռի երեսուն օթեւանօքheṙi eresun ōtʿewanōkʿ ― thirty day's journey distant

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), օթեւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), օթեւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), օթեւան”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awt‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 151