Old Armenian

Noun

պտոյտ • ‎(ptoyt)

1. eddy, whirlpool, vortex

   պտոյտ հողմոց‎ ― ptoyt hołmocʿ ― whirlwind, hurricane, squall, storm

   պտոյտ գլխոյ‎ ― ptoyt glxoy ― vertigo, giddiness, dizzines, swimming in the head

   պտոյտ առնուլ‎ ― ptoyt aṙnul ― to turn or whirl round and round, to eddy

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: պտույտ ‎(ptuyt)
• Kurdish: پتوت ‎(putut)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պտոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պտոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935