Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Martirosyan derives drom Proto-Indo-European *turH-d-s- and compares to Lithuanian tvìrtas (strong, firm, solid), Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (Russian твёрдый (tvjórdyj)).

Verb edit

թրծեմ (tʻrcem)  (aorist indicative թրծեցի)

  1. (transitive) to burn bricks or pots of clay in order to harden them
    թրծեալtʻrcealburnt, baked

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թրծել (tʻrcel)

References edit

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