արշալոյս
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- արշալուս (aršalus)
Etymology
From Old Armenian *արշալուրջ (*aršalurǰ), the older form of արշալուրշ (aršalurš). The forms ending in -լոյս (-loys) were modified folk-etymologically under the influence of լոյս (loys).
Noun
արշալոյս • (aršaloys)
- dawn
Descendants
- Armenian: արշալույս (aršaluys)
References
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “արշալոյս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արշալոյս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aršalurš-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 142