պատուհան

From Old Armenian պատուհան (patuhan).

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

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պատուհան • (patuhan)

1. window

   Synonyms: լուսամուտ (lusamut), (dialectal) փանջարա (pʻanǰara), (dialectal) ակուշկա (akuška)

2. (rare) cupboard made in a wall

   Synonym: պատրհան (patrhan)

3. windowsill

   Synonyms: պատուհանագոգ (patuhanagog), լուսամուտագոգ (lusamutagog)

4. (dialectal) skylight (an opening in the ceiling for letting in light)

   Synonym: երդիկ (erdik)

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

Dialectal evidence points to an earlier form *պատուրհան (*paturhan), which is borrowed from a Middle Iranian word meaning "opening for ventilation", composed of the preverb *pati- and *frāna- (“breath”): compare Sogdian (βrʾn /⁠frān⁠/), Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath”).^[1][2] Folk etymology explains the word as պատ (pat) + հանել (hanel), i.e. “a hole in the wall”.

պատուհան • (patuhan)

1. window; dormer window; skylight

   վանդակ պատուհանի ― vandak patuhani ― blinds, Venetian blinds

   պատուհանք բացան երկնից ― patuhankʻ bacʻan erknicʻ ― it rains pailfuls

   կարկառել ընդ պատուհանն ― karkaṙel ənd patuhann ― to lean or look out of window

   հայել ընդ պատուհանն ― hayel ənd patuhann ― to peep or look in at the window or through the window

2. wall cabinet, wall closet
3. sluice, floodgate
4. chimney
5. (figuratively, in the plural) senses of the body

• Armenian: պատուհան (patuhan)
• → Georgian: პატოანი (ṗaṭoani)

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