նաւ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. A borrowing from the Iranian descendant of the same is formally possible (compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾw /⁠nāw⁠/)), but the native origin is more likely.

Noun

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նաւ (naw)

  1. boat, ship; battleship, trireme
    նաւ պատերազմիկnaw paterazmikthree benched galley, trireme
    նաւ մեծnaw mecline of battle-ship, man of war
    նաւ հրձիգnaw hrjigfire-ship
    նաւ հինիցnaw hinicʻprivateer, corsair
    նաւ զօրագլխականnaw zōraglxakanadmiral's ship, flagship
    նաւ զրահեալnaw zrahealarmoured ship, armour-plated ship
    նաւ վաճառականnaw vačaṙakanmerchant-man, merchant-ship, trading-vessel
    նաւ շոգեմուղnaw šogemułsteam-ship, steamer
    նաւ առագաստաւորnaw aṙagastaworsailing-boat
    նաւ թեւճակաւորnaw tʻewčakaworrow-boat
    գումարտակ նաւուցgumartak nawucʻfleet
    վարձ նաւուvarj nawufreight
    վարձել զնաւvarjel znawto freight or charter a vessel
    կպրով օծանել/կպրաձիւթել զնաւkprov ōcanel/kprajiwtʻel znawto tar, to careen, to caulk a ship
    կպրաձիւթող նաւուցkprajiwtʻoł nawucʻcaulker
    մտանել, ելանել, երթալ ի նաւmtanel, elanel, ertʻal i nawto embark, to go on shipboard, to go on board a ship, to take a shipping
    ելանել ի նաւէelanel i nawēto land, to go a-shore, to disembark
    դնել ի նաւdnel i nawto embark, to ship, to export
    հանել ի նաւէhanel i nawēto disembark, to put a-shore, to unload goods
  2. navigation, seafaring
  3. wine-press basin (made of stone)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: նավ (nav)
  • Old Georgian: ნავი (navi) (possibly)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նաւ”, 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 500