քով

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian քով (kʻov).

Pronunciation

Postposition

քով • (kʻov) (Western Armenian)

  1. close to, near, by
    Synonym: մոտ (mot)
    Գնաց, մօրը քով կանգնեցաւ։
    Gnacʻ, mōrə kʻov kangnecʻaw.
    He/she went and stood by his/her mother.
    Ես քու քովդ քնանալ պիտի չեմ ըլլար։
    Es kʻu kʻovd kʻnanal piti čʻem əllar.
    I will not sleep next to you.

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps lexicalized from Old Armenian քով (kʻov), the instrumental singular of քո (kʻo, “your, thy”), with a sense development "by your" → "*near you" → "near".

Postposition

քով • (kʻov)

  1. close to, near, by
    • 13th century, Girkʻ Vastakocʻ [Geoponica] 290:[1]
      […] ի մխին քովն աման մի մեղր դիր […]
      […] i mxin kʻovn aman mi meġr dir […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 14–15th centuries, Yovhannēs Tʻlkurancʻi, Tałer [Poems]:[2]
      […] ճալատն ի քովդ աշկերտ կու գայ […]
      […] čalatn i kʻovd aškert ku gay […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

քով • (kʻov)

  1. side, flank
    • 1466 – 1469, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Ogut bžškutʻean [The Benefits of Medicine] 80:[3]
      Եւ թէ ի ժիր ի վերայ կռնակին պառկի և ի վերայ քովուն չկարենայ պառկիլ՝ պեղծ նշան ե։
      Ew tʻē i žir i veray kṙnakin paṙki ew i veray kʻovun čʻkarenay paṙkil, peġc nšan e.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • քովանց (kʻovancʻ)
  • քովացաւութիւն (kʻovacʻawutʻiwn)
  • քովք (kʻovkʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: քով (kʻov)

References

  1. ^ Ališan Ġ., editor (1877), Girkʻ vastakocʻ [Geoponica], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 195
  2. ^ Hovhannes Tʻlkurancʻi (1960) Ēm. Pivazyan, editor, Taġer [Poems]‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 217
  3. ^ Amirtovlatʻ Amasiacʻi (1940) St. Malxaseancʻ, editor, Ōgut bžškutʻean [The Benefits of Medicine]‎[2], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 588b considers "side, flank" to be the original meaning and does not know the origin
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “քով”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 1121–1122 derives from կող (koł)
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1965) Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 128
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “քով”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 814b
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “քով”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 746

Old Armenian

Pronoun

քով • (kʻov)

  1. instrumental singular of քո (kʻo)
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