Armenian edit

 
Mother hunting for headlice

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian քթուել (kʻtʻuel), կտվել (ktvel), from կտեւ (ktew).

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քթվել (kʻtʻvel) (dialectal)

  1. to search and remove lice, to delouse
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 63:[1]
      քթվել․ ըսփուլիժարէ
      kʻtʻvel; əspʻuližarē
      քթվել (kʻtʻvel) = spulesàr

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 247

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “քթուել”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կտեւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press