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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Median *nižōg or Parthian (/*nižōg/), from Proto-Iranian *nižaugah (“male horse”, literally “ejecting seminal fluid”), from the prefix *niž- (“out, away”) + the participle of *aug- / *auǰ- (“to be wet; to emit fluids; to sprinkle”). See also վարուժան (varužan).
Noun
նժոյգ • (nžoyg)
- chosen superb horse; fresh horse, relay, led-horse; prancer; courser
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նժոյգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նժոյգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նժոյգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 69