պոյտն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• բոյտն (boytn)
• պոյտ (poyt) (post-classical)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Petersson connected with Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), deriving պոյտն (poytn) from Proto-Indo-European *bewd-no- or *bowd-no and the Germanic word from *bud-nó-, both from the root *bewd-, *bud- (“to swell”). This is accepted by Pokorny and J̌ahukyan, but rejected by Ačaṙyan, who considers the Germanic to be borrowed from Medieval Latin pottus, potus (“pot”).

Olsen puts պոյտն (poytn) in her list of words of unknown origin, writing “loan or inheritance?”.

Noun

պոյտն • (poytn)

1. pot, earthen pot

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	պոյտն (poytn)		պուտունք (putunkʻ)
genitive	պուտան (putan)		պուտանց (putancʻ)
dative	պուտան (putan)		պուտանց (putancʻ)
accusative	պոյտն (poytn)		պուտունս (putuns)
ablative	պուտանէ (putanē)		պուտանց (putancʻ)
instrumental	պուտամբ (putamb)		պուտամբք (putambkʻ)
locative	պուտան (putan)		պուտունս (putuns)

Derived terms

• պիտուկ (pituk)
• պուտնարդ (putnard)
• պուտուկ (putuk)
• պտեակ (pteak)
• պտեկ (ptek)
• պտուկ (ptuk)

Descendants

• Armenian: պույտ (puyt)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պոյտն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պոյտն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 254 of 240–291
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 99
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պոյտն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 97
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 115
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պոյտն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 641b
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 956