Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թագուհի (tʻaguhi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թագուհի (tʻaguhi)

  1. queen
    ծաղիկների թագուհիcaġikneri tʻaguhiqueen of flowers (rose)
  2. (chess) queen

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See also edit

Chess pieces in Armenian · շախմատի խաղաքար (šaxmati xaġakʻar) (layout · text)
           
արքա (arkʻa) թագուհի (tʻaguhi) նավակ (navak) փիղ (pʻiġ) ձի (ji) զինվոր (zinvor)

Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

The original spelling is թագուրհի (tʻagurhi), borrowed wholly from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *tāga-brθr̥yā, but the exact origin is undetermined. The first component is also found in թագ (tʻag), թագաւոր (tʻagawor). For the ending see -ուհի (-uhi).

Noun edit

թագուհի (tʻaguhi)

  1. queen
    Synonyms: արքայուհի (arkʻayuhi), բամբիշն (bambišn), դշխոյ (dšxoy), տիկնաց տիկին (tiknacʻ tikin), աշխարհատիկին (ašxarhatikin)

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թագուհի (tʻaguhi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թագուհի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թագուհի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “թագուհի”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press