աւետ

Alternative forms

• աւէտ (awēt)

Etymology

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.

Ałayan derives աւետ (awet), from Proto-Indo-European *awēd- and the spelling աւէտ (awēt) from *aweid-, both from the root *awed- (“to speak”); compare Ancient Greek ὕδω (húdō, “to tell of, to celebrate”), ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing, to praise”), Sanskrit वदति (vadati, “to speak, say”), वन्दते (vandate, “to praise, celebrate”), Tocharian B wätk- (“to command, to order”). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian.

Noun

աւետ • (awet)

1. good news
2. greetings (?)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աւետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 358–359
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “⁶au̯-, au̯ed-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 76 of 76, 77
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 35