թեղի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թեղի (tʻełi).

Pronunciation

Noun

թեղի • (tʻeġi)

  1. elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: կնձնի (knjni), ծփի (cpʻi), (dialectal) ղարաղաջ (ġaraġaǰ)
    Hyponym: թեղոշի (tʻeġoši)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեղեայ (tʻełeay)

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean substrate, found also in Ancient Greek πτελέα (pteléa, elm) and Latin tilia (linden). Doublet of պտղի (ptłi). See also թեղօշ (tʻełōš).

Noun

թեղի • (tʻełi)

  1. elm

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թեղի (tʻeġi)
  • Old Georgian: თელაჲ (telay)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թեղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թեղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թեղի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “թեղի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 284
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