خوی

See also: جوي‎, حوي‎, خوى‎, حوى‎, and جوی‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian (compare Avestan xvaēda), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swayd- (compare Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda)), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (compare French sueur, Lithuanian sviedri, Welsh chwys, English sweat).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xej], [xoj]

Noun

خوی • (xway)

  1. (archaic) sweat

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Old Armenian խոյր (xoyr).

Noun

خوی • (xōy)

  1. (obsolete) helmet
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