Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թեղի (tʻełi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թեղի (tʻeġi)

  1. elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: կնձնի (knjni), ծփի (cpʻi), (dialectal) ղարաղաջ (ġaraġaǰ)
    Hyponym: թեղոշի (tʻeġoši)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean substrate, found also in Ancient Greek πτελέα (pteléa, elm) and Latin tilia (linden). Doublet of պտղի (ptłi). See also թեղօշ (tʻełōš).

Noun edit

թեղի (tʻełi)

  1. elm

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թեղի (tʻeġi)
  • Old Georgian: თელაჲ (telay)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թեղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թեղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թեղի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “թեղի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 284