Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian խոյանալ (xoyanal).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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խոյանալ (xoyanal)

  1. to ram into, to crash into, to smash into
  2. to swoop down, to dive, to plunge
  3. to flit, to fleet, to dart
  4. (figuratively) to go up, to rise, to ascend

Inflection

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “խոյանալ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan