ծովահէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

ծով (cov) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հէն (hēn)

Noun

ծովահէն • (covahēn)

  1. (post-classical, modern) corsair, pirate, sea-robber or rover

Descendants

References
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծովահէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 91
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