Armenian edit

 

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian դեղձ (dełj).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դեղձ (deġj)

  1. peach (fruit)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Grown from *դեղ- (*deł-, yellow). Related to դեղ (deł).

Noun edit

դեղձ (dełj)

  1. *yellow (this sense attested only in compounds)
  2. peach (because of its color)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դեղձ (deġj)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “դեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “դեղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press