Armenian

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ձու

Etymology

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From Middle Armenian ձու (ju), from Old Armenian ձու (ju), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

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Noun

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ձու (ju)

  1. egg
  2. (anatomy) ovum
  3. (slang) testicle, ball
    Ձվերս ցավում են։Jvers cʻavum en.My balls hurt.

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 159b

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ձու (ju), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

Noun

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ձու (ju), genitive singular ձուի (jui), nominative plural ձվեր (jver) or ձուեր (juer) or ձուք (jukʻ)

  1. egg
  2. testicle

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ձու (ju)

References

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ձու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg) with assimilatory addition of y-. The initial ձ- (j-) remains unclear.

Noun

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ձու (ju)

  1. egg
    ձու լողակացju lołakacʻeggs, spawn, roe
    ձուի միջուկ, դեղնուց ձուոյjui miǰuk, dełnucʻ juoyyolk of an egg
    սպիտակուց ձուոյspitakucʻ juoywhite of an egg
    ձու բոյնկալju boynkalnest-egg
    ձու վաղահասju vałahasrathe egg
    ձու հնացեալju hnacʻealstale egg
    ձու անծնունդ, փուտju ancnund, pʻutaddled, rotten egg
    խեճեպ ձուոյxečep juoyegg-shell
    միզն ձուոյmizn juoythe membrane of an egg
    ձու կարմիրju karmirEaster-egg
    թերխորով ձուtʻerxorov juboiled eggs
    պինդ ձուpind juhard egg
    ձու ի տապակիju i tapakipoached eggs; fried eggs
    ձու ածել, արկանել, ծրդելju acel, arkanel, crdelto lay eggs
    ի ձուս նստել, տածել զձուսi jus nstel, tacel zjusto hatch, to sit on, to brood on

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 439