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Etymology edit

The original spelling is տաւթ (tawtʿ), a Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian tft (taft, burning hot). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep-; see there for more.

Noun edit

տօթ (tōtʿ)

  1. hot weather, great or ardent heat, burning atmosphere, solar heat, sunburning
    տօթոյtōtʿoyduring the heat
    տօթ ամարայնոյtōtʿ amaraynoysummer heat
    հարկանիլ ի տօթոյharkanil i tōtʿoyto be corrupt, to rot, to putrefy

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Adjective edit

տօթ (tōtʿ)

  1. hot

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տոթ (totʿ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “տօթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տօթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “տօթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press