հօտ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The original spelling is հաւտ (hawt), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to shepherd) 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’. See also հոտաղ (hotał).

Alternative forms

Noun

հօտ (hōt)

  1. flock of sheep (also of other quadrupeds)
    ճարակ հօտիցčarak hōticʿpastures for flocks
  2. (figuratively) group of people
  3. (figuratively, Christianity) the faithful, the universal Church
Declension
Derived terms
  • հօտաժողով (hōtažołov)
  • հօտապետ (hōtapet)
  • հօտապետութիւն (hōtapetutʿiwn)
  • հօտասէր (hōtasēr)
  • հօտավատնիչ (hōtavatničʿ)
  • հօտարած (hōtarac)
  • հօտարան (hōtaran)
  • հօտերէց (hōterēcʿ)
Descendants
  • Armenian: հոտ (hot)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

հօտ (hōt)

  1. cut-off branch of vine
Derived terms
  • հօտեմ (hōtem)
Descendants

References

  • 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 [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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
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