խոնավ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խոնաւ (xonaw). The dialectal Moks խոնավ (xonav, rain) is either inherited from it or is a borrowing from Northern Kurdish xunav (dew; moisture; drizzling rain).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խոնավ • (xonav) (superlative ամենախոնավ)

  1. damp, humid, moist
    Synonyms: թաց (tʻacʻ), նամ (nam), տամուկ (tamuk)

Declension

Noun

խոնավ • (xonav)

  1. (dialectal, Moks) rain[1]

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոնաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 394a
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