տուտն

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

տտուն (ttun)

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

According to Petersson, from Proto-Indo-European *dud-, with cognates only in Germanic: Icelandic toti (“muzzle, snout”), tota (“tip of a sock”), dialectal Norwegian tota (“something protruding like a beak”), Middle Dutch tote (“the point or toe of a shoe”), Middle English tote, for which Petersson reconstructs Proto-Germanic *tutan-. Accepted by Ačaṙean and J̌ahukyan (with reservation).

Olsen remarks that տուտն (tutn), տտուն (ttun) looks like a word from child language.

Some researchers have speculated that the word can be seen in Hittite 𒋼𒊑𒀉𒋾𒌅𒌋𒉌𒅖 (te-ri-id-ti-tu-u-ni-i[š] /⁠Terittituniš⁠/, “the name of a Hayašan god”), which would then mean ‘deity with three tails’.

Noun edit

տուտն • (tutn)

tail
- 5th century, Bible, Job 40.17:^[1]
  Կանգնեաց զտտուն իւր իբրեւ զնոճի, եւ ջիլք իւր զմիմեամբք պատեալ։
  Kangneacʻ zttun iwr ibrew znoči, ew ǰilkʻ iwr zmimeambkʻ pateal.
  Translation by Claude E. Cox
  It stood up its tail like a cypress, and its sinews have been interwoven.
end
corner, fringe

Usage notes edit

In Job, translates Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá).

Declension edit

n-type

	singular	plural
nominative	տուտն (tutn)	տտունք (ttunkʻ)
genitive	տտան (ttan)	տտանց (ttancʻ)
dative	տտան (ttan)	տտանց (ttancʻ)
accusative	տուտն (tutn)	տտունս (ttuns)
ablative	տտանէ (ttanē)	տտանց (ttancʻ)
instrumental	տտամբ (ttamb)	տտամբք (ttambkʻ)
locative	տտան (ttan)	տտունս (ttuns)

Synonyms edit

(tail): ագի (agi), ձետ (jet)

Derived terms edit

ոսկետտուն (oskettun)
վիշապատտունք (višapattunkʻ)
տտաղեղն (ttałełn)
տտնաւոր (ttnawor)

Descendants edit

Armenian: տուտ (tut)

References edit

^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 258

Further reading edit

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տուտն”, 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, page 430a
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տուտն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 292a
J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “տուտն”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1395c
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 329
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “տուտն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 735a
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 383
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 942
Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 100
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տուտն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 709a

[1] Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 258

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