հող

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian հող (hoł).

Pronunciation

Noun

հող (hoġ)

  1. earth
  2. soil
    բերքառատ հողberkʻaṙat hoġfertile soil
  3. land
    հայկական հողերhaykakan hoġerArmenian lands
  4. (figuratively) grave

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Northern Kurdish: hox

Old Armenian

Etymology

Together with Aghwan 𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol, clay) borrowed from an unidentified Middle Iranian cognate of Northern Kurdish xwelî. See it for more.

Noun

հող (hoł)

  1. earth, ground, soil
    հողի գլուխ լինել, հող արկանել զգլխովhołi glux linel, hoł arkanel zglxovto throw dust or ashes on one's head
  2. land, territory, dominions; plot, estate
  3. (figuratively) burial plot, grave
    ի հող իջանել/ննջելi hoł iǰanel/nnǰelto be buried
    հողոյ եւ պատանաց չլինել արժանիhołoy ew patanacʻ čʻlinel aržanito be unworthy of burial, of funeral honours; to be left unburied, without a tomb
    տալ հողոյ զմարմինtal hołoy zmarminto inter, to bury, to entomb

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հող (hoġ)
    • Northern Kurdish: hox

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 111–112
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հող”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 415
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy