դայեակ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian dʾyk' (dāyag, nurse), Persian دایه (dâye, nurse), Northern Kurdish dayik (mother). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Noun[edit]

դայեակ (dayeak)

  1. nurse
  2. wet-nurse
  3. midwife
  4. tutor

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: դայակ (dayak)
  • Middle Armenian: դայեկ (dayek)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “դայեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դայեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “դայեակ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 233