հօտ

The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”) grown with -d-, as in Persian پاده‎ (pâda, “flock”). Alternatively, connected with հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut”) and հօտ (hōt, “cut-off branch”) with a semantic development ‘to cut, divide’ → ‘a division of the flock’ → ‘flock of sheep’.

• հաւտ (hawt)

հօտ • (hōt)

1. flock of sheep (also of other quadrupeds)

   ճարակ հօտից ― čarak hōticʿ ― pastures for flocks

2. (figuratively) group of people
3. (figuratively, Christianity) the faithful, the universal Church

• Armenian: հոտ (hot)

The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂dti-, from *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), whence հատ (hat).

• հաւտ (hawt)

հօտ • (hōt)

1. cut-off branch of vine

• հօտեմ (hōtem)

• Armenian: հոտ (hot)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հօտ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 392
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 400