Hayasa

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Etymology edit

From Hittite [script needed] (Ḫayaša). The name has been compared to the ethnonym of Armenians — հայ (hay). Martirosyan derives it from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (“metal”), thus "land abounding in metal".^[1]

Proper noun edit

Hayasa

An ancient Bronze Age kingdom mentioned in Hittite inscriptions of 16–13th centuries BC, located in northern Anatolia.

Derived terms edit

Hayasan

Translations edit

ancient kingdom

Armenian: Հայասա (Hayasa)
Russian: Хайаса (ru) (Xajasa)

References edit

^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “hay”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 382–385

Anagrams edit

say aah

[1] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “hay”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 382–385

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