այտ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian այտ (ayt); see below.

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այտ  (ayt)

  1. (somewhat formal) cheek

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From the root of այտնում (aytnum, to swell). The cheeks are round and are like swellings on the face.

Noun [edit]

այտ  (ayt)  (singular genitive այտի, plural genitive այտից, plural այտք)

  1. cheek
    համբուրել զայտս (hamburel zayts) —  to embrace, to kiss the cheek

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The word was chiefly used in plural: այտք (aytkʿ).

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References [edit]

  • այտ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • այտ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79