Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nēbʰ-, from *h₃nebʰ- (navel, nave), with a semantic shift “navel” → “wheel”, as if “furnished with a nave”.

Noun edit

անիւ (aniw)

  1. wheel
    անիւ մեքենայիaniw mekʻenayiwheel of a machine
    անիւ յեսանիaniw yesanigrindstone
    անիւ խորտկացaniw xortkacʻjack
    անիւ տղայոցaniw tłayocʻgig
    անիւ առաջակողման նաւինaniw aṙaǰakołman nawincapstern, capstan
  2. axle of a chariot
  3. wheel (torture instrument)
  4. sun

Declension edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անիվ (aniv)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անիւ”, 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) “aniw”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 89