թեփ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թեփ (tʻepʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թեփ • (tʻepʻ)

  1. husk (dry outer covering of grains); bran
  2. scale
    ձկան թեփjkan tʻepʻscale of a fish
  3. dandruff
  4. sawdust

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

թեփ • (tʻepʻ)

  1. husk; bran
  2. scale of a fish
    թեփ ձկանցtʻepʻ jkancʻscale of a fish
    քերել զթեփս ձկանkʻerel ztʻepʻs jkanto scale

Declension

Derived terms

  • թեփակեր (tʻepʻaker)
  • թեփամորթ (tʻepʻamortʻ)
  • թեփոտ (tʻepʻot)
  • թեփոտեալ (tʻepʻoteal)
  • թեփուկ (tʻepʻuk)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թեփ (tʻepʻ)
  • Georgian: თებო (tebo)

References

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