տարթ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥-tV-, from *der- (to split, separate, tear), whence especially Proto-Germanic *turdą (manure), Sanskrit दृति (dṛ́ti, leather bag), Ancient Greek δαρτός (dartós, flayed).[1][2]

Compare also Proto-Iranian *dart- ~ *dr̥t- (dung), whence for example Wakhi δart (dung; pressed dung used as fuel; manure), Sogdian 𐫔𐫡𐫤𐫏𐫝 (δrtyc /⁠δərtič⁠/, dung, filth).[3][4][5] Compare also synonymous Northern Kurdish т’әр’т (t’errt).[6]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

տարթ (tartʻ)

  1. (dialectal) stiff manure briquettes used for heating
    Synonym: բասմա (basma)
  2. (dialectal) thick layer of dirt on a body

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References[edit]

  1. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1972) Hay barbaṙagitutʻyan neracutʻyun [Introduction into Armenian Dialectology]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 285
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*tart‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 607
  3. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 356–357
  4. ^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 162
  5. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[2] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 133
  6. ^ Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “տարթ”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 325

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տարթ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1018a
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “տարթ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 619–620
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “տարթ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, pages 386–387
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “տարթ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 144b