Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թաթ (tʿatʿ).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

թաթ (tʿatʿ)

  1. paw
  2. hand; foot
  3. scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Ačaṙean and Olsen leave the origin open.

J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-t-, enlarged from the root *teh₂g- (to touch), whence Latin tangō (to touch) and tālus (ankle; heel), etc. (see also թակարդ (tʿakard)). Alternatively, according to him we may be dealing with a Lallwort with parallels in Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages; compare German Tatze and Romanian talpă with their many relations.

Noun edit

թաթ (tʿatʿ)

  1. sole (of the foot); palm (of the hand)
    թաթ ոտիցtʿatʿ oticʿfoot; the sole of the foot
    թաթ կենդանեացtʿatʿ kendaneacʿpaw, claw, talon
    թաթ երկաթիtʿatʿ erkatʿigauntlet
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.35:
      Հարցէ զքեզ Տէր չարաչար կեղով ի ծունկս եւ ի սրունս, եւ ոչ կարասցես բժշկել ի թաթից ոտից քոց մինչեւ ցգլուխ քո։
      Harcʿē zkʿez Tēr čʿaračʿar kełov i cunks ew i sruns, ew očʿ karascʿes bžškel i tʿatʿicʿ oticʿ kʿocʿ minčʿew cʿglux kʿo.
      The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] 3.53:
      Եւ տեսանէ ոչ ի քուն երազ եւ ոչ յարթնութեան տեսիլ, այլ ի սրտին գործարանի երեւութացեալ հոգւոյն աչաց թաթ ձեռին աջոյ՝ գրելով ի վերայ վիմի []
      Ew tesanē očʿ i kʿun eraz ew očʿ yartʿnutʿean tesil, ayl i srtin gorcarani erewutʿacʿeal hogwoyn ačʿacʿ tʿatʿ jeṙin aǰoy, grelov i veray vimi []
      • 1978 translation by Robert W. Thompson
        And he saw not a dream in sleep, not a vision while awake, but in the depths of his heart there appeared to the eyes of his soul a right hand writing on rock []
    • Čaṙəntir [Miscellanies cited by NHB] :
      Առիւծքն թաթիւքն զոտսն մաքրէին [սրբոյն] []
      Aṙiwckʿn tʿatʿiwkʿn zotsn makʿrēin [srboyn] []
      The lions were cleaning the feet [of the saint] with paws []
  2. (post-Classical) scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)
    թաթ կշռոցtʿatʿ kšṙocʿscale
  3. (post-Classical) pouch of the sling

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թաթ (tʿatʿ)
  • Georgian: თათი (tati)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “թաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “թաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 790ab
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “թաթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 316b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 137
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 409
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 940
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “թաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 253