անձաւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow), whence also անձուկ (anjuk). The origin of the ending -աւ (-aw) is uncertain.

Noun

անձաւ (anjaw)

  1. cavern, den, cave

Declension

Derived terms

  • անձաւախիտ (anjawaxit)
  • անձաւամուտ (anjawamut)
  • անձաւոր (anjawor)
  • պաղանձաւ (pałanjaw)
  • քարանձաւ (kʿaranjaw)
  • քարանձաւամուտ (kʿaranjawamut)
  • քարանձաւեայ (kʿaranjaweay)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անձաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անձաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անձաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjaw”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 91
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