Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թուք (tʻukʻ)

  1. saliva; spittle, spit

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (to spit, vomit); cognate with Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, spit out), Latin spuō, Proto-Germanic *spīwaną (whence English spew), Albanian shpif, Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tof), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).

Noun edit

թուք (tʻukʻ)

  1. spit, spittle; saliva
    թուք արձակելtʻukʻ arjakelto spit
    աման թքոյaman tʻkʻoyspitting-pan or box, spittoon

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թուք (tʻukʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուք”, 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 298