Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թլիփ (tʻlipʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թլիփ (tʻlipʻ)

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is “border, hem (especially a round one)”. The senses “privy parts; prepuce” are a back-formation from թլփատեմ (tʻlpʻatem, to cut the foreskin round about, to circumcise) by post-classical authors.

Noun edit

թլիփ (tʻlipʻ)

  1. a band sewn unto the borders of the collar or pockets for durability or as an ornament
  2. an arc of antimony drawn under the eyelashes
    թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանցtʻlipʻ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʻ zantaṙs artewanancʻdrawing an arc (of antimony) she embellished the eyelashes
  3. (post-Classical) the privy parts
  4. (post-Classical) prepuce

Usage notes edit

Some dictionaries wrongly gloss the word as “decoration, ornament” misunderstanding the passage թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանց (tʻlipʻ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʻ zantaṙs artewanancʻ).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թլիփ (tʻlipʻ) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թլիփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թլիփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թլիփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy