օթևան

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian օթեւան (ōtʻewan); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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օթևան (ōtʻewan)

  1. lodging place

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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օթևան (ōtʻewan)

  1. inn, hostelry; dwelling, lodging, habitation, convent
    երանաւէտ օթեւան արդարոցeranawēt ōtʻewan ardarocʻthe happy abode of the just
    օթեւանս առնել, առնուլ/օթեւան ունելōtʻewans aṙnel, aṙnul/ōtʻewan unelto lodge in, to dwell in, to reside in, to live in, to inhabit
    ու՞ր են օթեւան ք քոu?r en ōtʻewan kʻ kʻowhere do you live?
  2. a day's journey
    հեռի երեսուն օթեւանօքheṙi eresun ōtʻewanōkʻthirty day's journey distant

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: օթեւան (ōtʻewan)
  • Old Georgian: უტევანი (uṭevani)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օթևան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օթևան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “օթևան”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan 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 and Boston: Brill, page 151