տեղ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian տեղ (teł).

Noun

տեղ (teġ)

  1. place, location, locality, position
    Synonym: վայր (vayr)
    սա իմ տեղը չէsa im teġə čʻēthis is not my place
    քարքարոտ տեղkʻarkʻarot teġrocky locale
    արտաբերման տեղartaberman teġplace of articulation
Declension

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տեղ (teł).

Noun

տեղ (teġ)

  1. (archaic) abundant rain
  2. (archaic, figuratively) anything falling abundantly from above, shower
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From earlier ետղ (etł), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sedlo-, from *sed- (to sit). Cognates include Ancient Greek (Laconia) ἑλλά (hellá, seat), Latin sella (seat, chair, saddle), Old Church Slavonic седьло (sedĭlo) (Russian седло (sedlo)), Old High German sezzal (seat) (German Sessel) and Old English setl (English settle).

Alternative forms

Noun

տեղ (teł)

  1. spot, place; post
    ի տեղi tełinstead, in substitution for, in the place of
    անցանել ի տեղ ուրուքancʻanel i teł urukʻto stand instead of, to supply the place of, to substitute, to replace
    յամենայն տեղyamenayn tełeverywhere; always
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: տեղ (teġ)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙyan considers a Classical Syriac borrowing, comparing Classical Syriac ܛܠܐ (ṭalāʼ, dew) and noting the alternative form տաղ- (tał-) found in the derived term տաղատարափ (tałatarapʻ).

Noun

տեղ (teł)

  1. abundant rain
  2. (figuratively) anything falling abundantly from above, shower
    տեղային ի ձեզ զտեղ երկնաւոր շնորհիցնtełayin i jez zteł erknawor šnorhicʻnheavenly graces rained thick upon you
    տեղ ոսկի տեղայր ի փեսայութեանն Արտաշիսիteł oski tełayr i pʻesayutʻeann Artašisigold fell in showers at the nuptials of Artashes
Declension
Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press