Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian թութակ (tʿutʿak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թութակ (tʿutʿak)

  1. parrot

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian توتک (tutak), which is related to طوطی (tuti).

Noun edit

թութակ (tʿutʿak)

  1. parrot

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թութակ (tʿutʿak) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “թութակ”, 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 203a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 264
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “թութակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a