նժոյգ

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Old Armenian

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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)

  1. chosen superb horse; fresh horse, relay, led-horse; prancer; courser

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  • Armenian: նժույգ (nžuyg)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նժոյգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նժոյգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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 [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 69