Armenian edit

 
ծաղիկ

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծաղիկ (całik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծաղիկ (caġik)

  1. flower
  2. (figuratively) the pick, the cream, the best part
  3. (pathology) smallpox
    Synonym: ծաղկախտ (caġkaxt)

Usage notes edit

Has the combining form ծաղկե- (caġke-), with the irregular interfix -ե- (-e-).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Of unknown origin.[1] Sometimes derived from the Proto-Indo-European source of ծաղր (całr).[2]

Noun edit

ծաղիկ (całik)

  1. flower
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 645:[3][4]
      Սոյնպէս եւ գունակ գունակ եւ երփն երփն ծաղկանցն․ որպէս մանրագորն եւ վարդն եւ շուշանն եւ ասպազանն եւ յասմիկն եւ անիարն եւ սմնակն եւ ներգիսն եւ շամպղիտակն եւ մեղրուկն, հօրօտն եւ մօրօտն եւ մանիշակն․ եւ այլն ամենայն համասպրամ ծաղկանցն եւ ծառոցն բոյսք բողբոջոցն գարնանւոյն երեւեսցին յետ ձմերանւոյն։
      Soynpēs ew gunak gunak ew erpʻn erpʻn całkancʻn; orpēs manragorn ew vardn ew šušann ew aspazann ew yasmikn ew aniarn ew smnakn ew nergisn ew šampłitakn ew mełrukn, hōrōtn ew mōrōtn ew manišakn; ew ayln amenayn hamaspram całkancʻn ew caṙocʻn boyskʻ bołboǰocʻn garnanwoyn erewescʻin yet jmeranwoyn.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the various kinds and colors of flowers, like the mandrake and rose, and lily and soldanel, and jasmin and lotus, and sumach and narcissus, and arum and lungwort, and hyacinth and poppy and violet. And of all the other fragrant flowers and trees, the budding shoots will appear in spring after the winter.
  2. (pathology) smallpox
  3. (figuratively) beauty, youth, bloom
    ի ծաղիկ մանկութեաննi całik mankutʻeannin his earliest years
    ի ծաղկի լինելi całki linelto be about to blossom; to be in the bloom of youth
    ի ծաղկի/ի ծաղիկ հասակինi całki/i całik hasakinin the prime of life; in the of manhood
    ծաղիկ գունոցcałik gunocʻsplendour, vivacity of colour
  4. (figuratively) flower, choice, best
    ծաղիկ աղիcałik ałifine salt

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծաղիկ (caġik)
  • Georgian: წალიკა (c̣aliḳa)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծաղիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 459
  3. ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)‎[1], Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, pages 330–331
  4. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 207

Further reading edit

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