պտոյտ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

պտոյտ (ptoyt)

  1. eddy, whirlpool, vortex
    պտոյտ հողմոցptoyt hołmocʻwhirlwind, hurricane, squall, storm
    պտոյտ գլխոյptoyt glxoyvertigo, giddiness, dizzines, swimming in the head
    պտոյտ առնուլptoyt aṙnulto turn or whirl round and round, to eddy

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Descendants

  • Armenian: պտույտ (ptuyt) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պտոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պտոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press