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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hayasa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hayasa
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Hayaša (alternative) Ḫayaša (alternative)

Derived Forms

Hayasan

Questions

What does hayasa mean?
An ancient Bronze Age kingdom mentioned in Hittite inscriptions of 16–13th centuries BC, located in northern Anatolia.
Where does hayasa come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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