լովիաս

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • լովէստ (lovēst), լուպիա (lupia), լուպիայ (lupiay), լուպիաս (lupias), լուվիաս (luvias), լօվիաս (lōvias)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā) or Classical Persian لوبِیَا (lōbiyā), لووِیَا (lōwiyā).[1][2] See also լոբի (lobi).

Noun

լովիաս • (lovias), genitive singular լովիասի (loviasi)

  1. kidney bean

Descendants

  • Armenian: լուբիա (lubia)

References

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 267
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լովիաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լովիաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լովիաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “լովիաս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press