խոնավ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խոնաւ (xonaw). The dialectal Moks խոնավ (xonav, rain) is either inherited from it or is a borrowing from Northern Kurdish xunav (dew; moisture; drizzling rain).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խոնավ (xonav) (superlative ամենախոնավ)

  1. damp, humid, moist
    Synonyms: թաց (tʿacʿ), նամ (nam), տամուկ (tamuk)

Declension

Noun

խոնավ (xonav)

  1. (dialectal, Moks) rain[1]

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խոնաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 394a
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