Armenian edit

 
ծառ

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

ծառ (caṙ)

  1. tree

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Disputed.

Pedersen connects with Ancient Greek γάρρα (gárrha, rod, wand), γάρσανα (gársana, brushwood), γέρρον (gérrhon, wattle-fence) and Old Norse kjarr (copsewood, brush-wood, thicket). This is accepted by Walde, Pokorny and Ačaṙean, who reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥so- for Armenian, the zero-grade of the root *ǵers- (to twist; to plait things from flexible twigs).

On the other hand, according to Diakonoff we are dealing with a word of Hurro-Urartian origin: compare Urartian 𒄑𒍝𒀀𒊑 (GIŠ.za-a-ri /⁠ṣârə, zari, zare, šari⁠/, orchard), Hurrian 𒊬𒈨 (sar-me, wood).

Noun edit

ծառ (caṙ)

  1. tree
    մատաղատունկ ծառmatałatunk caṙsapling
    հինաւուրց, զառամ ծառhinawurcʻ, zaṙam caṙold tree
    պտղատու ծառptłatu caṙfruit tree
    թզուկ ծառtʻzuk caṙdwarf tree
    ծառ արուեստիcaṙ aruestithe ten Aristotelian categories
    ելանել ի ծառelanel i caṙto climb trees; to mount a tree
    ծառ յօտել, յապաւել զծառսcaṙ yōtel, yapawel zcaṙsto prune; to lop
    պատուաստել զծառսpatuastel zcaṙsto graft
    ծաղկին ծառքcałkin caṙkʻthe trees flourish
    փթթին ծառք ծաղկօք, ծաղկազարդին ծառքpʻtʻtʻin caṙkʻ całkōkʻ, całkazardin caṙkʻthe fruits are in full bloom or blossom
    ծառ կացուցանել զհերսcaṙ kacʻucʻanel zhersto cause the hair to stand on end
    իւրում ծառոց ի վերայ ելանելiwrum caṙocʻ i veray elanelto do according to one's will or pleasure, to follow one's own bent

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծառ (caṙ)
  • Georgian: წარავი (c̣aravi), წარაფი (c̣arapi)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծառ”, 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, pages 446–447
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
  • Pedersen, Holger (1905) “Zur armenischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[2] (in German), volume 38, number 2, page 194
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 392
  • Walde, Alois (1930) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 609