ուղտ

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Armenian[edit]

Ուղտ

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian ուղտ (ułt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ուղտ (uġt)

  1. camel
    լվից ուղտ շինելlvicʻ uġt šinelto make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make a camel out of a flea”)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Urartian 𒀲𒀀𒀊𒁀 (/⁠ulṭu⁠/, Bactrian camel),[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] which is somehow connected with Akkadian 𒀲𒀀𒀊𒁀 (/⁠udru⁠/) and perhaps also Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

Noun[edit]

ուղտ (ułt)

  1. Bactrian camel

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ուղտ (uġt)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1958) “Материалы к фонетике урартского языка [Materials on phonetics of the Urartian language]”, in Вопросы грамматики и истории восточных языков[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 33, 43
  2. ^ Džaukjan, G. B. (1963) Урартский и индоевропейские языки [The Urartian and the Indo-European languages]‎[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 55
  3. ^ Хачикян, М. Л. (1985) Хурритский и урартский языки [The Hurrian and Urartian languages] (Хурриты и урарты; 2) (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 55–56, 58
  4. ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[3], volume 105, number 4, page 600a of 597–603
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[4] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 432
  6. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “The Survival of Ancient Anatolian and Mesopotamian Vocabulary Until the Present”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies[5], volume 50, number 3, page 204 of 203–207
  7. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (2008) “The Urartian Substratum in Armenian”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences[6], volume 2, number 2, page 134a of 134–137

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուղտ”, 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) “ուղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Gr. (1945) “Assura-babelakan baṙer hayerenum [Assyro-Babylonian words in Armenian]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎[7] (in Armenian), numbers 3–4, page 16 of 7–46
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy