ուղտ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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”)

Declension

[edit]
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ուղտ (uġt) ուղտեր (uġter)
dative ուղտի (uġti) ուղտերի (uġteri)
ablative ուղտից (uġticʻ) ուղտերից (uġtericʻ)
instrumental ուղտով (uġtov) ուղտերով (uġterov)
locative
definite forms
nominative ուղտը/ուղտն (uġtə/uġtn) ուղտերը/ուղտերն (uġterə/uġtern)
dative ուղտին (uġtin) ուղտերին (uġterin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ուղտս (uġts) ուղտերս (uġters)
dative ուղտիս (uġtis) ուղտերիս (uġteris)
ablative ուղտիցս (uġticʻs) ուղտերիցս (uġtericʻs)
instrumental ուղտովս (uġtovs) ուղտերովս (uġterovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ուղտդ (uġtd) ուղտերդ (uġterd)
dative ուղտիդ (uġtid) ուղտերիդ (uġterid)
ablative ուղտիցդ (uġticʻd) ուղտերիցդ (uġtericʻd)
instrumental ուղտովդ (uġtovd) ուղտերովդ (uġterovd)
locative

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

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

Declension

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

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
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[8], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 17