Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տոհմ (tohm). Doublet of թոխում (tʻoxum).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

տոհմ (tohm)

  1. family, race, line

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian 𐫤𐫇𐫍𐫖 (twhm /⁠tōhm⁠/, seed; family), [Book Pahlavi needed] (twhmk' /⁠tōhmag⁠/, seed; stock, family), Parthian 𐫤𐫇𐫟𐫖 (twxm /⁠tōxm⁠/, seed; line, race), Persian تخم (toxm).

Noun edit

տոհմ (tohm)

  1. family, race, line

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տոհմ (tohm)
  • Old Georgian: ტომი (ṭomi)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տոհմ”, 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) “տոհմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 913
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տոհմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy