Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թի (tʻi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թի (tʻi)

  1. wooden shovel
  2. oar

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ptio-, surviving also in Ancient Greek πτύον (ptúon, winnowing-shovel, fan).

Noun edit

թի (tʻi)

  1. shovel
    թի պարտիզիtʻi partizispade, shovel
    թի փռանtʻi pʻṙana baker's shovel
    թիակ կրակարանիtʻiak krakaranifire-shovel
    թի փայտեայtʻi pʻayteaywooden shovel
  2. blade of an oar; oar
    թի վարելtʻi varelto row
    թի վարել ուժգինtʻi varel užginto row vigorously

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թի (tʻi)

References edit

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