Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ձեւ (jew).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ձև (jew)

  1. form; shape; pattern
  2. way, method
  3. (grammar) form

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.

Noun edit

ձև (jew)

  1. shape, fashion, form, mould, pattern
    ձեւ տալjew talto give a shape to
    պարզ, անպաճոյճ, ազնուական ունել ձեւսparz, anpačoyč, aznuakan unel jewsto have simple, noble, gentlemanly or ladylike manners
    զայս ձեւ օրինակիzays jew ōrinakiin this way, thus, so
    գրեաց ձեւ բանից օրինակ զայսgreacʻ jew banicʻ ōrinak zayshe wrote a letter thus conceived, or in these terms
    ի ձեւ առակացi jew aṙakacʻallegorically
  2. clothes, vestment
    ի ձեւ ժառանգաւորիi jew žaṙangaworiin the garb of a clergyman, in clerical attire
    ի ձեւ սոսկականi jew soskakanin private clothes
    առնուլ զձեւ կրօնաւորականaṙnul zjew krōnaworakanto become a monk

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ձեւ (jew)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձև”, 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 433