Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian տիկ (tik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

տիկ (tik)

  1. skin (vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Traditionally explained as "goat (skin)" and connected with Proto-West Germanic *tigā (she-goat), *tikkīn (kid, young goat, diminutive), Laconian Ancient Greek δίζα (díza, goat), and derived from Proto-Indo-European *digʰ- (goat), but that would rather give *տիգ (*tig). Similar words are found in non-Indo-European languages: Old Georgian თიკანი (tiḳani, kid, young goat), Proto-Avaro-Andian *ṭuka (he-goat),[1] Proto-Tsezian *ṭiġ̥₁a (he-goat),[2] Proto-Turkic *teke (he-goat).[3] The interrelationship of these forms is uncertain. Finally, note the group of Semitic words meaning "wineskin" or "goatskin": Imperial Aramaic 𐡆𐡒 (zq), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זִיקָּא (ziqqā), Classical Syriac ܙܩܐ (zeqqā), Arabic زِقّ (ziqq), Akkadian 𒋢𒍣𒄣 (KUŠzi-qu /⁠ziqqu⁠/).

Noun edit

տիկ (tik)

  1. skin (vessel made of animal skin (such as goatskin), used for holding liquids such as wine (wineskin), water (waterskin), oil, etc.)

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References edit

  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ṭūgV̄”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ṭūgV̄”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*t`i̯ā̀ku”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Kalašev, A. (1894) Russko-ajsorskij i ajsorsko-russkij slovarʹ (Sbornik materialov dlja opisanija městnostej i plemen Kavkaza; 20)‎[3], Tiflis, page 306

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) “տիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 405–406
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bielmeier, Roland (1994) “Sprachkontakte nördlich und südlich des Kaukasus”, in Roland Bielmeier, Reinhard Stempel, editors, Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift für Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (in German), Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 430 of 427–446
  • Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 10–14
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 613–614
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship[4], number 10, page 120
  • Nikolajev, S. L. (1985) “Severokavkazskije zaimstvovanija v xettskom i drevnegrečeskom [North Caucasian Borrowings in Hittite and Ancient Greek]”, in B. B. Piotrovskij et al., editors, Drevnjaja Anatolija[5] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 72 of 60–73
  • 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 61
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 614
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “տիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Schulze, Wolfgang (2014) “Generic Terms for Domestic Animals in East Caucasian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[6], volume 18, number 3, page 153 of 213–274
  • Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎[7] (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 335–336