կոյս

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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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Probably an Iranian borrowing, but the details are uncertain. Likely from the family of Persian کس (kos, pussy) and Persian کشتی (kusti, košti, sacred girdle), and so related to Etymology 2 bellow. Alternatively, from the family of Classical Persian کوسه (kōsa, man with little or no beard).

Noun

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կոյս (koys)

  1. virgin, maiden, unmarried girl
    կոյս դեռահասակkoys deṙahasakyoung virgin, girl, maid
  2. (Christianity) the Holy Virgin
  3. (astronomy) Virgo
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Adjective

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կոյս (koys)

  1. virgin, virginal, maiden, maidenly
  2. pure, chaste (of a girl or young man)
  3. uncontaminated, untouched, unmingled, inviolate (of things)
    կոյս ճանապարհkoys čanaparhuntrodden path
    կոյս գերեզմանkoys gerezmanempty tomb
  4. mysterious, secret, hidden (of things)
    կոյս թիւkoys tʻiwthe number seven
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: կույս (kuys)
  • Georgian: კუსი (ḳusi), ყუსი (q̇usi)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոյս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 629–630
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎[1] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 165–166
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1979) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 27 of 23–34, deriving from Hittite [script needed] (kūša-, in-law; bride)
  • 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 298
  • Pedersen, Holger (1907) “Neues und nachträgliches”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[3] (in German), volume 40, number 2, pages 197–198
  • Pedersen (Pedersən), Holger (1907) H. Tʻovmas Ketikean, transl., Hayerēn ew dracʻi lezunerə [Armenian and the Neighbouring Languages] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 204
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1979 February) “A Parthian sound-change”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[4], volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–136

Etymology 2

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫐𐫇𐫘 (kws /⁠kōs⁠/, district, region, countryside), Sogdian [script needed] (kws, side).

Noun

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կոյս (koys)

  1. side
    ընդ ո՞ր կոյսənd o?r koyswhich way? where?
    ի կուսէ անտիi kusē antion that side or part
    յամենայն կուսացyamenayn kusacʻon all sides
    յոր կոյս եւ կամիցիyor koys ew kamicʻiwherever he pleases
    յայս կոյս յայն կոյսyays koys yayn koysfrom one side to another, on one side and the other, here and there
    զգնալ յայս կոյս եւ յայն կոյսzgnal yays koys ew yayn koysto take a walk hither and thither, to and fro
    յայս կոյս յայն կոյս գետոյնyays koys yayn koys getoynon this side and on that of the river, here and there
    յայն կոյս ծովունyayn koys covunbeyond the sea
    ի թիկունս կոյս, յետս կոյսi tʻikuns koys, yets koysbehind one's back, behind, from behind
    յարեւելից կուսէyarewelicʻ kusēfrom the East
    յարեւմուտս կոյսyarewmuts koystowards the West
    ի կայս եւ ի կոյս կողմանց հիւսիսոյi kays ew i koys kołmancʻ hiwsisoytowards the North
    ի հարաւակողմն կուսէi harawakołmn kusēfrom the South
    ի մէնջ կուսէi mēnǰ kusēfor us, for our part, as for us
    ի մեր կոյս էi mer koys ēhe is on our side, he is favourable to us
    ոմն ի սորա կոյս, եւ ոմն ի նորաomn i sora koys, ew omn i noraone maintained this and another that
    կոյս մի ընդ միոյ կուսին ընդհարեալkoys mi ənd mioy kusin əndharealone side fought with the other
    ի կատարածն կոյս թղթիսi kataracn koys tʻłtʻistowards the end of my letter
    ելանել ի բացեայ կոյսelanel i bacʻeay koysto retire aside
    ի չորս կոյս վիմացi čʻors koys vimacʻof hewn stone
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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոյս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 630ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 370–371
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    J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[5] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1979 February) “A Parthian sound-change”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[6], volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–136