Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թեզան (tʻezan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թեզան (tʻezan)

  1. (weaving) the weft, the transverse threads which are woven across to make cloth using the warp as a base
  2. long sleeve

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

The derivations from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to weave) or *(s)tegʰ- (to stitch) are usually rejected because Armenian -զ- (-z-) requires *-ǵʰ-. Petersson connects with թիզ (tʻiz, span) and reconstructs a Proto-Indo-European *teǵʰ- (to stretch) for both, remarking, however, that there are no cognates in other languages, apart from, perhaps, Russian таза́ть (tazátʹ, to scold, rebuke).

Noun edit

թեզան (tʻezan)

  1. (weaving) the weft, the transverse threads which are woven across to make cloth using the warp as a base
  2. long sleeve

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թեզան (tʻezan)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թեզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 168a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թեզան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 283
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 300
  • Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, pages 133–134
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թեզան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy