հոյ

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Persian (huy, “fear, dread”), Old Armenian հիանամ (hianam), Latin paveo, Old Irish úath, Welsh ofn.

Noun edit

հոյ • (hoy)

fright, fear

Derived terms edit

խոյակապ (xoyakap)
Հոյ (Hoy)
հոյակապ (hoyakap)
հոյակապեալ (hoyakapeal)
հոյանուն (hoyanun)

References edit

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հոյ”, 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 416