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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.[1][2][3][4] Has been compared to Ossetian кауӕ (kawæ) / кау (kaw, “wattle fence”),[5] on which see Abaev[6] and ESIJa.[7]
Noun
գաւիթ • (gawitʻ)
- forecourt, vestibule, porch
- sheepfold
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 126–127
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 528
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գաւիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 153a
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465a of 459–465
- ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 573–574
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy