ցտեսություն

Armenian

Alternative forms

ցտեսութիւն (cʻtesutʻiwn) — traditional orthography

Etymology

"Till [the next] meeting, seeing one another", from ց- (cʻ-, “until”) +‎ տեսություն (tesutʻyun, “seeing”). Compare Russian до свида́ния (do svidánija), Georgian ნახვამდის (naxvamdis) for the formation.

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡sʰətesut͡sʰjún]
- (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [stest͡sʰjún]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡sʰədesutʰʏ́n]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)

Interjection

ցտեսություն • (cʻtesutʻyun)

goodbye
Synonyms: հաջողություն (haǰoġutʻyun), (colloquial) պակա (paka), (colloquial, rare) ց (cʻ)

Further reading

Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019) “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 251

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