Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թերթ (tʻertʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թերթ (tʻertʻ)

  1. petal
    վարդի թերթvardi tʻertʻa petal of rose
  2. leaf
  3. sheet
    մի թերթ թուղթmi tʻertʻ tʻuġtʻa sheet of paper
  4. newspaper
    թերթ հրատարակելtʻertʻ hratarakelto publish a newspaper

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pter- (wing; feather) grown with -թ- (-tʻ-).

Noun edit

թերթ (tʻertʻ)

  1. leaf of a flower, plant
    մի թերթ խաւարտmi tʻertʻ xawarta leaf of salad
  2. plate, sheet
    թերթ մի թուղթtʻertʻ mi tʻułtʻa sheet of paper
    ութածալ թերթ (գրոց)utʻacal tʻertʻ (grocʻ)in octavo

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թերթ (tʻertʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թերթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թերթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թերթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 286