Hayasa

See also: hayasa

English

Alternative forms
  • Hayaša
  • Ḫayaša

Etymology

From Hittite [script needed] (Ḫayaša). The name has been compared to the ethnonym of Armenians — հայ (hay). Martirosyan derives it from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (“metal”), thus "land abounding in metal".[1]

Proper noun

Hayasa

  1. An ancient Bronze Age kingdom mentioned in Hittite inscriptions of 16–13th centuries BC, located in northern Anatolia.

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References
  1. 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

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