# հայ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian հայ (hay).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /hɑj/, [hɑj]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /hɑj/, [hɑj]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

հայ • (hay)
* Armenian
    Հա՞յ ես։ ― Ha$^?$y es. ― Are you an Armenian?

#### Derived terms

* ամերիկահայ (amerikahay)
* արևելահայ (arewelahay)
* արևմտահայ (arewmtahay)
* թրքահայ (tʻrkʻahay)
* իրանահայ (iranahay)
* հայաբար (hayabar)
* հայաբնակ (hayabnak)
* հայագետ (hayaget)
* հայազգի (hayazgi)
* հայաթափ (hayatʻapʻ)
* հայանալ (hayanal)
* հայաշատ (hayašat)
* հայավարի (hayavari)
* հայատյաց (hayatyacʻ)
* Հայաքաղաք (Hayakʻaġakʻ)
* հայորդի (hayordi)
* հայու գեն (hayu gen)
* հայուհի (hayuhi)
* պարսկահայ (parskahay)

#### Related terms

* Հայաստան (Hayastan)
* Հայք (Haykʻ)

### Adjective

հայ • (hay)
* Armenian
    Synonyms: հայկական (haykakan), հայոց (hayocʻ)

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is disputed. The stem of the word is հայո- (hayo-), as evidenced by the o-type declension.
According to Diakonoff, the ethnonym derives from Proto-Armenian *hatiyos, *hatyos, from Urartian 𒆳𒄩𒀀𒋼 (ḫa-a-te /⁠Ḫāti, Hate⁠/, “the land of Hittites”); compare Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫa-ti /⁠Ḫatti⁠/). This name was given by Urartians to all lands west of the Euphrates, including the territory around Malatya occupied by Proto-Armenians. When the Urartians were assimilated among the Proto-Armenians, they took over their Indo-European language and called themselves by the same name of the “Hittites”.
On the other hand, Martirosyan connects հայ (hay) with the country name Hayaša- and derives both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (“metal”). He explains Hayaša- as “the land of metal or iron” and հայ (hay) as “inhabitant of the land of metal or iron”. Hayasa, located on the north-western corner of historical Armenia, was famous for metalworking. The connection with Hayasa is repudiated by Kitazumi, pointing out that the Hittite word is attested over twenty times and written in such ways that it can only be read Ḫayaša- but with the sound inventory of Old Armenian an anlauting խ- (x-) would represent a better fit.
An old proposal derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“lord, master”), but a Proto-Indo-European *po- would yield Old Armenian ո- (o-): compare ոտն (otn, “foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pódm̥ (accusative singular of *pṓds).
Armenian tradition connects the word with the nation's legendary eponym Հայկ (Hayk).
For the other names of the Armenians see Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠Armina⁠/), Old Georgian სომეხი (somexi) and Northern Kurdish file.

### Noun

հայ • (hay)
* Armenian
    հայք ― haykʻ ― the Armenians, the Armenian nation

#### Declension
### Adjective

հայ • (hay)
* Armenian
    հայ լեզու, բարբառ ― hay lezu, barbaṙ ― the Armenian language
    թարգմանել ի հայ, յեղուլ ի հայ բան ― tʻargmanel i hay, yełul i hay ban ― to translate into Armenian, into the Armenian language

#### Declension
### Related terms

* Հայկ (Hayk)

### Derived terms

* հայաբարբառ (hayabarbaṙ)
* հայադաւան (hayadawan)
* հայազարմ (hayazarm)
* հայազն (hayazn)
* հայական (hayakan)
* հայակոյտ (hayakoyt)
* հայասեռ (hayaseṙ)
* հայասէր (hayasēr)
* Հայաստան (Hayastan)
* հայաստանեայք (hayastaneaykʻ)
* հայացի (hayacʻi)
* հայդաւան (haydawan)
* հայեր (hayer)
* հայերէն (hayerēn)
* հայերէնախօս (hayerēnaxōs)
* հայկաւ (haykaw)
* հայորեար (hayorear)
* հայութիւն (hayutʻiwn)
* Հայք (Haykʻ)
* հայօրէն (hayōrēn)

### Descendants

* Armenian: հայ (hay), հայոց (hayocʻ)

### References

* ↑ Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1968) S. T. Jeremjan, editor, Predystorija armjanskovo naroda. Istorija Armjanskovo nagorʹja s 1500 po 500 g. do n.e. Xurrity, luvijcy, protoarmjane [The Pre-History of the Armenian People. The History of the Armenian Highland from 1500 to 500 BC. Hurrians, Luwians, Proto-Armenians]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 236
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “hay”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 382–385
* ↑ Kitazumi, Tomoki (2013) “Zum Problem der Gleichung heth. Ḫayaša- = armen. haykʿ”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 163, pages 511–516

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy