Armenian

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Etymology

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A dialectal development of Old Armenian *մայրիահաւ (*mayriahaw, literally bird of woods), from մայրի (mayri) + -ա- (-a-) + հաւ (haw). Doublet of մայրեհավ (mayrehav).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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միրհավ (mirhav) (traditional orthography spelling միրհաւ)

  1. a kind of pheasant or heath-cock, black-cock

Declension

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References

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 449