դեղձ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian դեղձ (dełj).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

դեղձ (deġj)

  1. peach (fruit)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Grown from *դեղ- (*deł-, yellow). Related to դեղ (deł).

Noun[edit]

դեղձ (dełj)

  1. *yellow (this sense attested only in compounds)
  2. peach (because of its color)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: դեղձ (deġj)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դեղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press