տոյժ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (twhtn', twc- /⁠tōxtan, tōz-⁠/, to atone, expiate), Persian توختن (tuxtan, to pay a debt). Doublet of տուգան (tugan).

Noun

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տոյժ (toyž)

  1. sanction, penalty

Usage notes

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Usually used in the plural.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: տույժ (tuyž)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տոյժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տոյժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 253
  • 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 913
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տոյժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy