պայտ

Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps a literary back-formation from պայտար (paytar), պայտառ (paytaṙ) by an incorrect analysis of the latter as պայտ-ար (payt-ar), պայտ-առ (payt-aṙ).[1][2] Not attested in Old Armenian or in dialects.[1][3]

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pɑjt]

Noun

պայտ (payt)

  1. horseshoe
    Synonym: նալ (nal)

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), պայտ”, 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, page 19ab
  2. Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1945), պայտ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 46b
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պայտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 619b
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