անոյշ

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See also: Անոյշ

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անոյշ (anoyš) (superlative ամենաանոյշ)

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of անուշ (anuš)

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Etymology[edit]

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫢 (ʾnwš /⁠anōš⁠/, immortal), 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫗 (ʾnwšyn /⁠anōšēn⁠/, ambrosial, sweet), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾnwš /⁠anōš⁠/, elixir, antidote, literally immortal), 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫢 (ʾnwš /⁠anōš⁠/, immortal), Persian نوش (nuš, ambrosia, nectar; elixir; antidote), Ossetian ӕнус (ænus, eternity; century; age), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (anaoša, immortal).

Adjective[edit]

անոյշ (anoyš)

  1. sweet; pleasant, agreeable
    հոտ անոյշ բուրելhot anoyš burelto give an agreeable odour

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Adverb[edit]

անոյշ (anoyš)

  1. pleasantly, sweetly

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: > անուշ (anuš) (inherited), անույշ (anuyš) (learned)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) “անոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 206–207
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անոյշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 99
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 864
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “անոյշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy