աւօտ

• աւաւտ (awawt)

Ačaṙyan understand the meaning as “time” and leaves the origin open.

Ałayan identifies with the ending of առաւօտ (aṙawōt) and takes the word to mean “the time of sun-rise”, deriving *aw from Proto-Indo-European *sāu-, +‎ -աւտ (-awt); see առաւօտ (aṙawōt) for more on this.

J̌ahukyan accepts the connection with առաւօտ (aṙawōt) but derives both from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“to shine”).

աւօտ • (awōt)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. time
   2. the time of sunrise

The word is a hapax legomenon and its meaning is not clear from the only attested passage.

• շաղաւօտ (šaławōt, “4th nocturnal hour”)
• կամաւօտ (kamawōt, “5th nocturnal hour”)

• առաւօտ (aṙawōt)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “աւօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 363a
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 24–27
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աւօտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 99b