բոյթ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Martirosyan considers the basic meaning to be “soft lump of flesh; roundish projecting part of the body” developed from the sense “swollen, grown” from Proto-Armenian *bo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to grow), + -իթ (-itʿ).

Alternative forms

Noun

բոյթ (boytʿ)

  1. thumb
  2. (figuratively, music) tuning peg
  3. *soft lump of flesh, lobe (this sense is not attested, but is evident in derived terms)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: բութ (butʿ), բույթ (buytʿ)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps developed from the Etymology 1 sense.

Noun

բոյթ (boytʿ)

  1. felloe
    • 8th century, Stepʿannos Siwnecʿi, Meknutʿiwn Kʿerakanin [Commentary on Grammar] :[1]
      Իսկ փաղանունք ասին, որ են զոյգ անուանք․ անիւ և ճղուղ, առեղ և աւարտք, հեւան եւ դանդանք, կունդք եւ ականոց, հեց եւ բոյթ, կապերտ եւ գորգ, ձի եւ դզի, երամակապան եւ կուտպան, բիր եւ մահակ, որոց բնութիւն մի եւ անուանք այլ։
      Isk pʿałanunkʿ asin, or en zoyg anuankʿ; aniw ew čłuł, aṙeł ew awartkʿ, hewan ew dandankʿ, kundkʿ ew akanocʿ, hecʿ ew boytʿ, kapert ew gorg, ji ew dzi, eramakapan ew kutpan, bir ew mahak, orocʿ bnutʿiwn mi ew anuankʿ ayl.
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References

  1. Адонц, Н. (1915) Дионисий Фракийский и армянские толкователи [Dionysius Thrax and Armenian commentators] (Bibliotheca Armeno-Georgica; 4), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 209

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բոյթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բոյթ”, 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 184
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