արճիճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian արճիճ (arčič).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑɾˈt͡ʃit͡ʃ]
  • (file)

Noun

արճիճ (arčič)

  1. lead (metal)
    Synonym: կապար (kapar)
  2. lead bullet

Declension

Derived terms

  • արճիճկապ (arčičkap)
  • արճճատուն (arččatun)
  • արճճել (arččel)
  • արճճիկ (arččik)
  • արճճոտուն (arččotun)

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *արճիճ (*arčič), a Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcyc /arzīz/, tin, lead), Persian ارزیز (arziz, tin), Northern Kurdish zirîç (lead) and Zazaki erjîj (lead).

Noun

արճիճ (arčič)

  1. lead (metal)

Derived terms

  • արճիճակապ (arčičakap), արճճակապ (arččakap)
  • արճճափակ (arččapʿak)
  • արճիճէ (arčičē), արճճէ (arččē), արճճեայ (arččeay)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արճիճ (arčič)
  • Romani: arčič, arčiči, artiči, arkiči

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), արճիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 326ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 368ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 111
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), արճիճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 91b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արճիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 76a
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