Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian *հօտաղ (*hōtał), from հօտ (hōt, flock) with an unknown element *աղ (*ał) which may be the suffix -աղ (-ał). Martirosyan explains *աղ (*ał) from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-lo-, from *peh₂- (to protect; to shepherd).

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Noun edit

հոտաղ (hotaġ) (dialectal)

  1. shepherd
  2. ploughman

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 139a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 437, page 93
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “հօտաղ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 400