Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to shepherd) grown with -d-, as in Persian پاده (pâda, flock). Alternatively, connected with հատանեմ (hatanem, to cut) and հօտ (hōt, cut-off branch) with a semantic development ‘to cut, divide’ → ‘a division of the flock’ → ‘flock of sheep’. See also հոտաղ (hotaġ).

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Noun edit

հօտ (hōt)

  1. flock of sheep (also of other quadrupeds)
    ճարակ հօտիցčarak hōticʿpastures for flocks
  2. (figuratively) group of people
  3. (figuratively, Christianity) the faithful, the universal Church
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  • Armenian: հոտ (hot)

Etymology 2 edit

The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂dti-, from *h₂edos- (sort of cereal, grain), whence հատ (hat).

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հօտ (hōt)

  1. cut-off branch of vine
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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “հօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հօտ”, 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 392
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 400