Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian, ultimately from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā). The final (-i) probably reflects the plural construct state دَعَاوِي (daʕāwī).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դավի (davi) (dialectal)

  1. quarrel, row, dispute
    Synonyms: վեճ (več), կռիվ (kṙiv)
  2. (law) suit, action
    Synonym: դատ (dat)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 59:[1]
      տավի․ լիթէ
      tavi; litʻē
      տավի (tavi) = lite
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 59:[1]
      տավիանել[sic]․ լիթիկարէ
      tavianel[sic]; litʻikarē
      տավի անել (tavi anel) = litigare

Usage notes edit

Often used in the collocation կռիվ-դավի (kṙiv-davi, quarrel).

Declension edit

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 245

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տավա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 331
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաւի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 642a
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “տաւայ”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “դավի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan