ծին

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian ծին (cin). Doublet of ջինս (ǰins).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ծին (cin)

  1. the act of giving birth, delivery (of animals)
  2. the time of giving birth (of animals)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Doublet of -զան (-zan).

Noun[edit]

ծին (cin)

  1. birth, delivery
    ի ծնէi cnēby birth; from one's birth
    կոյր ի ծնէkoyr i cnēborn-blind, blind from his birth
    զծնէ կաղն գնացուցանելzcnē kałn gnacʻucʻanelto cause the born lame to walk
  2. (figuratively) origin, source, rise, birth
  3. (figuratively) base (of a mountain)
  4. (anatomy) womb, uterus
  5. spot, sign

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ծին (cin)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծին”, 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) “ծին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 342
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy