ուղտ

Armenian

Ուղտ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ուղտ (ułt).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

ուղտ • (ułt)

  1. Bactrian camel

Declension

Derived terms

  • ըղտապան (əłtapan)
  • ըղտափուշ (əłtapʻuš)
  • ընծուղտ (əncułt)
  • ընձուղտ (ənjułt)
  • կնջուղտ (knǰułt)
  • ուղտապան (ułtapan)
  • ուղտափուշ (ułtapʻuš)
  • ուղտաքաղ (ułtakʻał)
  • ուղտենի (ułteni)
  • ուղտերամակ (ułteramak)
  • ուղտինձ (ułtinj)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ուղտ (uġt)

References

  1. Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1958) “Материалы к фонетике урартского языка [Materials on phonetics of the Urartian language]”, in Вопросы грамматики и истории восточных языков (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] (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, 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] (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, 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, volume 2, number 2, page 134a of 134–137

Further reading

  • 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] (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
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