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Armenian Etymology From hy xcl -ուհի. Pronunciation Suffix hy suffix -ess, -ette. Forms nouns denoting female gender. hy պարուհի — female dancer hy երգչուհի — female singer hy սիրուհի — mistress hy հայուհի — female Armenian Declension on Derived terms hy Old Armenian Alternative forms xcl -ուրհի more archaic Etymology The older spelling is xcl -ուրհի. Probably an xcl ira borrowing, but the exact source is disputed. According to Godel, it is likely to derive from re-analysis of the loanword xcl թագուրհի թագու(ր)հի queen from ira-pro *tāga-brθr̥yā Latn, the feminine form of xcl թագաւոր king, owing to which the suffix was generalized. An alternative proposal is the derivation from xcl ira und -purhi Latn. It has also been compared with xcl աւրի- in xcl աւրիորդ. Suffix xcl suffix forming nouns denoting female gender; -ess, -ette xcl տիրուհի mistress 1 xcl քրմուհի priestess 1 Declension -ուհ Derived terms xcl Descendants hy -ուհի References -ուհի 63