տղա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian տղայ (tłay).

Pronunciation

Noun

տղա • (tġa)

  1. boy
    Synonyms: (dialectal) լաճ (lač), մանչ (mančʻ)
    ես արդեն մեծ տղա եմes arden mec tġa emI am a big boy now
  2. son
    Synonyms: որդի (ordi), ուստր (ustr)
    նա ունի մեկ տղա եւ երկու աղջիկna uni mek tġa ew erku aġǰikhe has a boy and two girls
  3. (Western Armenian) child, baby (male or female)
    Synonym: երեխա (erexa)
  4. lad, youngster, young man
  5. apprentice

Usage notes

In Old Armenian, Middle Armenian and Western Armenian the word can mean both male and female child. In Eastern Armenian, only male.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Adyghe: [script needed] (tɣa, young man)[1]
  • Azerbaijani: dığa
  • Northern Kurdish: tiẍa
  • Turkish: dığa, tığa

References

  1. Loewe, Louis (1854) A dictionary of the Circassian language, London: George Bell, page 89

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տղայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 413a
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