հով

From Old Armenian հով (hov).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hov/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hov/,

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հով • (hov) (superlative ամենահով)

1. (of weather) fresh, cool, chilly

հով • (hov)

1. the cool, coolness, freshness

   հով անել ― hov anel ― to freshen up, to cast a shadow

• զով (zov)

From Proto-Indo-European *pow- (“to blow; puff, blow”). Akin to հեւ (hew), հոգ (hog) and հոգի (hogi).

հով • (hov)

1. cool, fresh, bracing

հով • (hov)

1. cool, coolness, freshness; shadow

   ի հով ելանել ― i hov elanel ― to go into the country, to breathe the fresh air of the country

   տեղիք հովոց, հովոց գետին ― tełikʻ hovocʻ, hovocʻ getin ― cool, shady places; country residence

2. folds on clothes caused by the wind
3. wind

• Armenian: հով (hov)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press