թութ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թութ (tʿutʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թութ (tʿutʿ)

  1. mulberry (fruit)
    թթի արաղtʿtʿi arałmulberry vodka

Declension

Derived terms

  • թթալյուր (tʿtʿalyur)
  • թթահոտ (tʿtʿahot)
  • թթաչիր (tʿtʿačʿir)
  • թթի (tʿtʿi)
  • թթուտ (tʿtʿut)
  • թութահաց (tʿutʿahacʿ)
  • թութխոտ (tʿutʿxot)

Old Armenian

Etymology

A cultural Wanderwort of uncertain ultimate origin (Iranian, Semitic and Chinese have been proposed).[1] The Armenian is probably borrowed from Iranian: compare Persian توت (tut); or less likely from Semitic: compare Aramaic תותא (tuta), Classical Syriac ܬܘܬܐ (tuta).[2][3]

Noun

թութ (tʿutʿ)

  1. mulberry (fruit)

Declension

Derived terms

  • թթենի (tʿtʿeni)
  • թթաքաղ (tʿtʿakʿał)

Descendants

References

  1. Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 369
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 202
  3. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 882

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), թութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 820c
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 229a
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