չու

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian չու (čʻu); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

չու (čʻu)

  1. group movement from one place to another, group journey
  2. transmigration (of birds)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kyu-to-. Cognate with Sanskrit च्यवते (cyávate, move to and fro, stir), Old Persian 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺𐎶 (a-š-i-y-v-m /⁠šiyav-⁠/, to set forth), Northern Kurdish çûn (to go), Classical Persian شدن (šudan, to go) and Ancient Greek σεύω (seúō, put in quick motion, drive). The verb չուեմ (čʻuem) is from Proto-Indo-European *kyew-. The root չոգ- (čʻog-), which is the aorist stem of երթամ (ertʻam, to go), is from Proto-Indo-European *kyow-.

Noun[edit]

չու (čʻu)

  1. journey, travel, voyage; departure; decamping
    չու առնել, ի չու անկանելčʻu aṙnel, i čʻu ankanelto begin a journey, to set out, to start, to go away, to leave, to remove
    չու առնել զօրացčʻu aṙnel zōracʻto decamp, to break up the camp, to march
  2. way, road
  3. march, marching; campaign; expedition
  4. military camp
  5. caravan

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: չու (čʻu)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “č‘u”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 547