հովիտ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հովիտ (hovit).

Pronunciation

Noun

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հովիտ • (hovit)

  1. valley, vale, dale

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative հովիտ (hovit) հովիտներ (hovitner)
dative հովտի (hovti) հովիտների (hovitneri)
ablative հովտից (hovticʻ) հովիտներից (hovitnericʻ)
instrumental հովտով (hovtov) հովիտներով (hovitnerov)
locative հովտում (hovtum) հովիտներում (hovitnerum)
definite forms
nominative հովիտը/հովիտն (hovitə/hovitn) հովիտները/հովիտներն (hovitnerə/hovitnern)
dative հովտին (hovtin) հովիտներին (hovitnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative հովիտս (hovits) հովիտներս (hovitners)
dative հովտիս (hovtis) հովիտներիս (hovitneris)
ablative հովտիցս (hovticʻs) հովիտներիցս (hovitnericʻs)
instrumental հովտովս (hovtovs) հովիտներովս (hovitnerovs)
locative հովտումս (hovtums) հովիտներումս (hovitnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative հովիտդ (hovitd) հովիտներդ (hovitnerd)
dative հովտիդ (hovtid) հովիտներիդ (hovitnerid)
ablative հովտիցդ (hovticʻd) հովիտներիցդ (hovitnericʻd)
instrumental հովտովդ (hovtovd) հովիտներովդ (hovitnerovd)
locative հովտումդ (hovtumd) հովիտներումդ (hovitnerumd)

Derived terms

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “հովիտ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has been compared to Urartian 𒄷𒁉 (/⁠ḫubi⁠/, “valley”), Proto-Georgian-Zan *qew- (“ravine”) and Akkadian 𒄷𒌒𒌈 (ḫu-up-tum /⁠ḫuptu⁠/, “hole, hollow”), in plural 𒄷𒌒𒉻 (ḫu-up-pat /⁠ḫuppātu⁠/).

Noun

հովիտ • (hovit)

  1. valley, vale, dale
  2. cavity
  3. hillock, knoll

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative հովիտ (hovit) հովիտք (hovitkʻ)
genitive հովտի (hovti) հովտաց (hovtacʻ)
dative հովտի (hovti) հովտաց (hovtacʻ)
accusative հովիտ (hovit) հովիտս (hovits)
ablative հովտէ (hovtē) հովտաց (hovtacʻ)
instrumental հովտաւ (hovtaw) հովտաւք = հովտօք (hovtawkʻ = hovtōkʻ)
locative հովտի (hovti) հովիտս (hovits)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: հովիտ (hovit) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հովիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 116–117
  • Arutjunjan, N. V. (2001) M. L. Xačikjan, editor, Корпус урартских клинообразных надписей [Corpus of Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 446b
  • Arutjunjan, N. V. (2006) Биайнили – Урарту. Военно-политическая история и вопросы топонимики [Biainili – Urartu. The history of wars and politics, and questions of place-name studies]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg: University Press, page 311
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հովիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 122b
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “հովիտ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 505a
  • Bănățeanu, Vlad (1961) “Beiträge zum Studium der Urartischen Ortsnamen in der armenischen Toponymie”, in Handes Amsorya‎‎ (in German), volume 75, numbers 10–12, column 1067
  • Bănățeanu, Vlad (1962) “Problema lexicului urartic din limba armeană [The problem of Urartian lexicon in the Armenian language]”, in Studii și cercetări lingvistice (in Romanian), volume 13, number 1, page 8 of 257–279
  • Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1958) “Материалы к фонетике урартского языка [Materials on phonetics of the Urartian language]”, in Вопросы грамматики и истории восточных языков‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 42
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1904) Die altarmenischen Ortsnamen (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 384–385
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1963) Урартский и индоевропейские языки [The Urartian and the Indo-European languages]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 134
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1985) “Урартские заимствования в армянском языке [Urartian loanwords in Armenian]”, in Ju. V. Bromlej et al., editors, Культурное наследие Востока: проблемы, поиски, суждения‎ (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, page 370 of 364–372
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 434, 442–443
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հովիտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 466ab
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1940) Urartui patmutʻyunə [The History of Urartu] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 55, also comparing խոպան (xopan)
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1940) Историко-лингвистическoe значение топонимики древней Армении [Historical and linguistic significance of ancient Armenian toponymy] (in Russian), Yerevan: University Press, page 45
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1956) Историко-лингвистические работы: К начальной истории армян: Древняя Малая Азия [Historical-Linguistic Works: Towards an early history of the Armenians. Ancient Asia Minor]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 196
  • 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 943
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հովիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 416a
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