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Old Armenian
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European compound *h₃ewi-peh₂-, from *h₃éwis (“sheep”) and *peh₂- (“to protect”). Cognate with Sanskrit अविपाल (avi-pā-lá-, “shepherd”).
Noun
հովիւ • (hoviw)
- pastor, shepherd, herdsman, neatherd
- հովուի գաւազան/բիր ― hovui gawazan/bir ― (botany) shepherd's rod or staff, wild thistle, Dipsacus sativus, Damasonium
- մանուկ հովիւ ― manuk hoviw ― shepherd-boy
- աղջիկ հովիւ ― ałǰik hoviw ― shepherdess, shepherd-girl, shepherd-lass
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հովիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հովիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հովիւ”, 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 and Boston: Brill, page 419