առաւօտ

• առաւաւտ (aṙawawt)

The original spelling is առաւաւտ (aṙawawt), from առ (aṙ) + Proto-Armenian *aw, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”), +‎ -աւտ (-awt).

On the other hand, Ałayan derives *aw from Proto-Indo-European *sāu-, the “pure” root of *sāu-el- (“sun”), but as stated by J̌ahukyan and Martirosyan this is improbable, as *sāu- is not attested in any cognate language. See also աւօտ (awōt).

առաւօտ • (aṙawōt)

1. morning

   ողջոյն առաւօտ ― ołǰoyn aṙawōt ― forenoon

   ընդ առաւօտն, ընդ առաւօտս ― ənd aṙawōtn, ənd aṙawōts ― the morning

   ընդ առաւօտս առաւօտս ― ənd aṙawōts aṙawōts ― every morning

   յառնել ընդ առաւօտն, վաղ քաջ ընդ առաւօտն, առաւօտ առնել ― yaṙnel ənd aṙawōtn, vał kʿaǰ ənd aṙawōtn, aṙawōt aṙnel ― to rise early or betimes

   յառաւօտէ մինչեւ ցերեկոյ ― yaṙawōtē minčʿew cʿerekoy ― from morning till evening

   առաւօտու, առաւօտուց ― aṙawōtu, aṙawōtucʿ ― very early in the morning

• Armenian: առավոտ (aṙavot), առտու (aṙtu)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “առաւօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “առաւօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “առաւօտ”, 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
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 25–27
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “առաւօտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 73b
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 54, 109