Old Armenian

Adjective

կապոյտ • ‎(kapoyt)

1. blue; sky-blue; navy-blue; ashy

   գորշ կապոյտ‎ ― gorš kapoyt ― dark blue

   կապոյտ դաշտ‎ ― kapoyt dašt ― the liquid plain, the watery way the main, the sea

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Noun

կապոյտ • ‎(kapoyt)

1. blue

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Descendants

• Armenian: կապույտ ‎(kapuyt)
• Georgian: კაპოეტი ‎(ḳaṗoeṭi), კაპიტო ‎(ḳaṗiṭo)
• Middle Armenian: կապուտ ‎(kaput)
  • Armenian: կապուտ ‎(kaput)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կապոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կապոյտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կապոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• M. Bais, Kapoyt/Blue: Tracing the Armenian History of a Colour, “LANX” 11 (2012), pp. 84‐109