զերտևա

Armenian

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زردوا (zerdeva).

Noun

զերտևա • (zertewa) (dialectal, obsolete)

pine marten, Martes martes (animal and its fur)
Synonym: անտառային կզաքիս (antaṙayin kzakʻis)

Hypernym: կզաքիս (kzakʻis)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:^[1]
  զէրտավայ․ մառթօռէ
  zērtavay; maṙtʻōṙē
  զէրտավայ (zērtavay) = martora

Alternative forms

զերտավա (zertava), զերտա (zerta)
զէրտէվա (zērtēva), զէրտէվայ (zērtēvay), զերտավայ (zertavay), զերտայ (zertay) — traditional orthography

References

^ 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 222