Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թանչ (tʿančʿ)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թանչ (tʿančʿ)

  1. dysentery
    Synonym: դիզենտերիա (dizenteria)
  2. hemorrhoids
    Synonym: թութք (tʿutʿkʿ)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “թանչ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 418c

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt; to flow, stream), whence also թանամ (tʿanam, to make wet). The derivational type is obscure. Olsen tentatively suggests *teh₂y-ni-sḱi-, a secondary derivative of *teh₂y-ni-, whence թան (tʿan).

Noun edit

թանչ (tʿančʿ)

  1. dysentery
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.27:[1]
      Հարցէ զքեզ տէր կեղով եգիպտացոցն եւ թանչիւք եւ զայրացեալ քոսով, և մնով, զի մի կարասցես բժշկել։
      Harcʿē zkʿez tēr kełov egiptacʿocʿn ew tʿančʿiwkʿ ew zayracʿeal kʿosov, ew mnov, zi mi karascʿes bžškel.
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        May the Lord strike you with an Egyptian festering sore in the seats and with severe itch and scratching so that you cannot be healed.

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թանչ (tʿančʿ)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “թանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 153ab
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 152
  • 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 97
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “թանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 214b
  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (1981) The Armenian translation of Deuteronomy (Armenian texts and studies; 2)‎[1], University of Pennsylvania: Scholars Press, page 184