արտոյտ

The origin is unknown. Traditionally derived from արտ (art, “cornfield”).

արտոյտ • (artoyt)

1. lark
   • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[1]

     կորիթարոս (vars. կորիրաղոս, կորիդաղոս, կորիռաղոս) = արտոյտ (var. արտուտ)։

     koritʻaros (vars. korirałos, koridałos, koriṙałos) = artoyt (var. artut).

     κορύδαλος (korúdalos) = lark

   • 11th century, Grigor Magistros, Grigor Magistrosi tʿłtʿerə [The letters of Grigor Magistros] :[2]

     ըստ որում որ ի գռեհիկս պատմի առակեալ՝ արտուտի (var. արտիւտի) զգուշութիւն երկնի յստորս կործանիլ

     əst orum or i gṙehiks patmi aṙakeal, artuti (var. artiwti) zgušutʻiwn erkni ystors korcanil

     • Translation by John A. C. Greppin

       according to which, he narrates in the people's language, making a fable out of the alertness of the lark

Attested late, but the nickname Արտոյտ (Artoyt) was borne by a person from the 4th century.

• Արտոյտ (Artoyt)

• Middle Armenian: արտուտ (artut), արտօտ (artōt)
  • Armenian: արտուտ (artut), ա՛ռտուտ (áṙtut), արդուդ (ardud) (dialectal)
• → Armenian: արտույտ (artuyt)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արտոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 343–344
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1962) Hay lezvabanutʻyan patmutʻyun [History of Armenian Linguistics]‎ (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 245
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “արտոյտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 382b
• Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)‎, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 359
• Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 176–178
• Greppin, John A. C. (1983) “An Etymological Dictionary of the Indo-European Components of Armenian”, in Bazmavep‎, volume 141, numbers 1–4, Venice, page 317
• Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 151
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արտոյտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 96–97
• Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 359, deriving from the Indo-European family of Latin turdus, Proto-Slavic *drozdъ
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques‎ (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 59, comparing with Egyptian Arabic دالوع (dālūʕa, “lark”); Turkish ardıç (kuşu), Latin turdus (“thrush”); and the descendants of Gaulish *alauda (“lark”)
• Patrubány, Lukács (1908–1909) “Mélanges arméniens”, in Mémoires de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 15, explaining as արտ (art, “cornfield”) + *աւտ (*awt, “song”), a supposed cognate of Ancient Greek αὐδή (audḗ, “voice”)
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արտոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 78b