Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեծանոց (hecanocʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեծանոց (hecanocʻ)

  1. kind of winnowing fork

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From հեծան (hecan, log, beam) +‎ -ոց (-ocʻ).

Noun edit

հեծանոց (hecanocʻ)

  1. kind of winnowing fork
  2. Milky Way (due to the association of the Milky Way with ‘straw’)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հեծանոց (hecanocʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեծանոց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեծանոց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հեծանոց”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 209