հոյ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Persian هوی (huy, fear, dread), Old Armenian հիանամ (hianam), Latin paveo, Old Irish úath, Welsh ofn.

Noun[edit]

հոյ (hoy)

  1. fright, fear

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 416