արօտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is արաւտ (arawt), probably from Proto-Indo-European *trh₂ǵ-ti-, a deverbative noun based on *treh₂ǵ-, whence արածեմ (aracem).[1][2]

According to Ałayan, the word contains the suffix -աւտ (-awt),[3] but this is considered improbable by Martirosyan.[2]

Noun

արօտ • (arōt)

  1. pasture, pastureland
  2. herbage, grass for grazing

Declension

Derived terms

  • աղաւնարօտ (aławnarōt)
  • արօտաբոյծ (arōtaboyc)
  • արօտական (arōtakan)
  • արօտակից (arōtakicʻ)
  • արօտանամ (arōtanam)
  • արօտատեղի (arōtatełi)
  • խաշնարօտ (xašnarōt)
  • պաճարարօտ (pačararōt)
  • պարարտարօտ (parartarōt)
  • տարապարտարօտ (tarapartarōt)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արոտ (arot)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aracem”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 125
  3. Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 25

Further reading

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