հովիտ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հովիտ (hovit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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հովիտ (hovit)

  1. valley, vale, dale

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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հովիտ (hovit)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հովիտ (hovit) (learned)

Further reading

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