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ոզնի

ոզնի

Armenian

Noun

ոզնի (ozni)

  1. hedgehog

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կոզնի (kozni)
  • ոզնիկ (oznik)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (hedgehog). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ežь (Russian ёж (jož)), Lithuanian ežys, Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Old High German igil (German Igel), Ossetian уызын (wyzyn).

Noun

ոզնի (ozni)

  1. hedgehog
    ոզնի մեծozni mec ― porcupine
    ոզնի ծովուozni covu ― echinus marinus, sea-urchin, sea-egg
    ձագ ոզնւոյjag oznwoy ― hedge-pig

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ոզնի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ոզնի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ոզնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935