պտոյտ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Noun[edit]

պտոյտ (ptoyt)

  1. eddy, whirlpool, vortex
    պտոյտ հողմոցptoyt hołmocʿwhirlwind, hurricane, squall, storm
    պտոյտ գլխոյptoyt glxoyvertigo, giddiness, dizzines, swimming in the head
    պտոյտ առնուլptoyt aṙnulto turn or whirl round and round, to eddy

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պտույտ (ptuyt)
  • Northern Kurdish: پتوت (putut)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “պտոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պտոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press