ձետ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. (archaic) tail of an animal

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձետ (jet), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos, from *ǵʰed-.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. penis

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ձետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ցետ (cʻet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos, from *ǵʰed- with a semantic shift ‘rump’ → ‘tail’.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. tail (of a dog, fox, lion, etc.)
    ձետ առ ձետjet aṙ jettail to tail, one after another

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • քառաձետ (kʻaṙajet)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ձետ (jet, penis)
  • Armenian: ձետ (jet) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 432
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