թիթեռն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn); see it for more.

Noun

թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of թիթեռ (tʻitʻeṙ)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• թիթեղն (tʻitʻełn)

Etymology

Reduplication on the basis of *թեր- (*tʻer-), from Proto-Indo-European *pter- (“feather; wing”).

Noun

թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)

1. butterfly

   փոխարկիլ ի թիթեռն ― pʻoxarkil i tʻitʻeṙn ― to become a butterfly

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn)		թիթռունք (tʻitʻṙunkʻ)
genitive	թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan)		թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ)
dative	թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan)		թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ)
accusative	թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn)		թիթռունս (tʻitʻṙuns)
ablative	թիթռանէ (tʻitʻṙanē)		թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ)
instrumental	թիթռամբ (tʻitʻṙamb)		թիթռամբք (tʻitʻṙambkʻ)
locative	թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan)		թիթռունս (tʻitʻṙuns)

Descendants

• Armenian: թիթեռ (tʻitʻeṙ), թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn)
  • → Turkish: titer, teter

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թիթեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիթեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 291