ձետ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ձետ (jet)

  1. (archaic) tail of an animal

Declension[edit]

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ձետ (jet), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos, from *ǵʰed-.

Noun[edit]

ձետ (jet)

  1. penis

References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ձետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos, from *ǵʰed- with a semantic shift ‘rump’ → ‘tail’.

Noun[edit]

ձետ (jet)

  1. tail (of a dog, fox, lion, etc.)
    ձետ առ ձետjet aṙ jettail to tail, one after another

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Armenian: ձետ (jet, penis)
  • Armenian: ձետ (jet) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ձետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ձետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ձետ”, 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 432