-ուհի

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian -ուհի (-uhi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ուհի (-uhi)

  1. -ess, -ette. Forms nouns denoting female gender.
    պարուհի (paruhi)female dancer
    երգչուհի (ergčʻuhi)female singer
    սիրուհի (siruhi)mistress
    հայուհի (hayuhi)female Armenian

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The older spelling is -ուրհի (-urhi). Probably an Iranian borrowing, but the exact source is disputed.

According to Godel, it is likely to derive from re-analysis of the loanword թագու(ր)հի (tʻagu(r)hi, queen) from Proto-Iranian *tāga-brθr̥yā, the feminine form of թագաւոր (tʻagawor, king), owing to which the suffix was generalized. An alternative proposal is the derivation from Iranian -purhi. It has also been compared with աւրի- (awri-) in աւրիորդ (awriord).

Suffix[edit]

-ուհի (-uhi)

  1. forming nouns denoting female gender; -ess, -ette
    տիրուհիtiruhimistress
    քրմուհիkʻrmuhipriestess

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: -ուհի (-uhi)

References[edit]

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուհի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 63