Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *taš- (to make, construct; to cut), from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-. Compare Middle Persian tʾšytn' (tāšīdan, to cut, to cleave; to create), Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 𐬙𐬁𐬱𐬙𐬌 (auui tāšti, to make, produce as carpenter), Persian تش (taš, hatchet, axe), Sanskrit तक्षति (tákṣati).

Verb edit

տաշեմ (tašem)

  1. to rough-hew, to roughen down, to chip, to square, to plane, to smooth, to polish

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տաշել (tašel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տաշեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տաշեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տաշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 384–385