թանչ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թանչ (tʻančʻ)

Pronunciation

Noun

թանչ (tʻančʻ)

  1. dysentery
    Synonym: դիզենտերիա (dizenteria)
  2. hemorrhoids
    Synonym: թութք (tʻutʻkʻ)

Declension

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “թանչ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 418c

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt; to flow, stream), whence also թանամ (tʻanam, to make wet). The derivational type is obscure. Olsen tentatively suggests *teh₂y-ni-sḱi-, a secondary derivative of *teh₂y-ni-, whence թան (tʻan).

Noun

թանչ (tʻančʻ)

  1. dysentery

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: թանչ (tʻančʻ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 153ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 152
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 97
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 214b