English Explanatory Dictionary

Hayasa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Hayasa Hayaša Ḫayaša

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒄩𒅀𒊭 (KURᵁᴿᵁḫa-ya-ša /⁠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".

Derived words

Hayasan
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