Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պողովատ (połovat); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պողովատ (poġovat)

  1. (archaic) steel

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian pwlʾpt' (pōlāwad), Persian پولاد (pulâd).

Noun edit

պողովատ (połovat)

  1. steel
  2. steel sword

Declension edit

Adjective edit

պողովատ (połovat)

  1. made of steel

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պողովատ (poġovat), պողպատ (poġpat)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պողովատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պողովատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պողովատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 542