Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow), whence also անձուկ (anjuk). The origin of the ending -աւ (-aw) is uncertain.

Noun edit

անձաւ (anjaw)

  1. cavern, den, cave

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անձավ (anjav)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անձաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անձաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անձաւ”, 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) “anjaw”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 91