հող

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian հող (hoł).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

հող (hoġ)

  1. earth
  2. soil
    բերքառատ հողberkʻaṙat hoġfertile soil
  3. land
    հայկական հողերhaykakan hoġerArmenian lands
  4. (figuratively) grave

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Northern Kurdish: hox

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Together with Aghwan 𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol, clay) borrowed from an unidentified Middle Iranian cognate of Northern Kurdish xwelî. See it for more.

Noun[edit]

հող (hoł)

  1. earth, ground, soil
    հողի գլուխ լինել, հող արկանել զգլխովhołi glux linel, hoł arkanel zglxovto throw dust or ashes on one's head
  2. land, territory, dominions; plot, estate
  3. (figuratively) burial plot, grave
    ի հող իջանել/ննջելi hoł iǰanel/nnǰelto be buried
    հողոյ եւ պատանաց չլինել արժանիhołoy ew patanacʻ čʻlinel aržanito be unworthy of burial, of funeral honours; to be left unburied, without a tomb
    տալ հողոյ զմարմինtal hołoy zmarminto inter, to bury, to entomb

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հող (hoġ)
    • Northern Kurdish: hox

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 111–112
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հող”, 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, page 415
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy