Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʻ).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

արծաթ (arcatʻ)

  1. silver
  2. silver coin
  3. silver object

Declension edit

Adjective edit

արծաթ (arcatʻ)

  1. silver, silvern, made of silver
    արծաթ լարերarcatʻ larersilver strings
  2. silvery, of silver color
  3. silvery (of voice)
    արծաթ ծիծաղarcatʻ cicaġsilvery laughter

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (silver); the expected reflex is Proto-Armenian *arcant-Old Armenian *արծան(դ) (*arcan(d)), but the ending was reshaped under the influence of երկաթ (erkatʻ, iron).[1][2][3]

Alternatively, a very old borrowing from Indo-Iranian (3rd–2nd millennium BC) or Old Iranian (first half of the 1st millennium BC), from the same Proto-Indo-European word: compare Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎫 (a-r-d-t /⁠ardata⁠/, silver).[3]

See also արծնեմ (arcnem) and արծարծեմ (arcarcem).

Noun edit

արծաթ (arcatʻ)

  1. silver
    քերել զարծաթkʻerel zarcatʻto take or wear the silver off
    անօթ արծաթոյanōtʻ arcatʻoya silver-vase
    արծաթ կենդանիarcatʻ kendanimercury, quicksilver
  2. silverware
  3. coin, money
    արծաթոյ տալ, վաճառելarcatʻoy tal, vačaṙelto sell for ready money
  4. (figuratively) wealth, riches

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: արծաթ (arcatʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 424
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արծաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 317–318
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arcatʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 138

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արծաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արծաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy