չու

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian չու (čʻu); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

չու (čʻu)

  1. group movement from one place to another, group journey
  2. transmigration (of birds)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kyu-to-. Cognate with Sanskrit च्य्अवते (cyávate, move to and fro, stir), Old Persian 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺𐎶 (šiyav-, to set forth), Kurdish, Classical Persian شدن (šudan, to go) and Ancient Greek σεύω (seúō, put in quick motion, drive). The verb չուեմ (čʻuem) is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kyew-. The root չոգ- (čʻog-), which is the aorist stem of երթամ (ertʻam, to go), is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kyow-.

Noun

չու (čʻu)

  1. journey, travel, voyage; departure; decamping
    չու առնել, ի չու անկանելčʻu aṙnel, i čʻu ankanelto begin a journey, to set out, to start, to go away, to leave, to remove
    չու առնել զօրացčʻu aṙnel zōracʻto decamp, to break up the camp, to march
  2. way, road
  3. march, marching; campaign; expedition
  4. military camp
  5. caravan

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: չու (čʻu)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չու”, 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) “č‘u”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 547