Դատոյ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian.[1] Compare Persian دادویه (dâduya, dâdôê), Ancient Greek Δαδόης (Dadóēs). For the constituents see Old Armenian Դատ (Dat) and Persian ـویه (-ôê, -uya, -uye).

Proper noun

Դատոյ • (Datoy)

  1. a male given name, Datoy

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Դատոյ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 19

Further reading

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Δαδόης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 75–76
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