Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աւաւտ ‎(awawt)

Noun

աւօտ • ‎(awōt)

1. time or the time of sun-rise

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon and its meaning is not clear from the only attested passage.

Derived terms

• շաղաւօտ ‎(šaławōt, “4th nocturnal hour”)
• կամաւօտ ‎(kamawōt, “5th nocturnal hour”)

Related terms

• առաւօտ ‎(aṙawōt)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “աւօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 363a
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 24–27
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աւօտ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 99b