թիթեռն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn); see it for more.

Noun

թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of թիթեռ (tʻitʻeṙ)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication on the basis of *թեր- (*tʻer-), from Proto-Indo-European *pter- (feather; wing).

Noun

թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)

  1. butterfly
    փոխարկիլ ի թիթեռնpʻoxarkil i tʻitʻeṙnto become a butterfly

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թիթեռ (tʻitʻeṙ), թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn)
    • Turkish: titer, teter

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թիթեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիթեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 291
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