See also: Զատիկ

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian զատիկ (zatik). For the development of the sense of “ladybug” in dialects, compare the name of that insect in various languages: Russian божья коровка (božʹja korovka, literally God's cow), Lithuanian dievo karvytė (literally God's cow), Romanian vaca domnului (literally God's cow), German Marienkäfer (literally Mary’s beetle), English ladybug (literally Lady's (Mary's) bug).

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Noun edit

զատիկ (zatik)

  1. (Judaism, often capitalized) Passover
  2. (Christianity, often capitalized) Easter
    զատկի ձուzatki juEaster egg
  3. (by extension) holiday, feast

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զատիկ (zatik)

  1. ladybird, ladybug

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Descendants edit

  • Northern Kurdish: zadik
  • Ottoman Turkish: زادیگ (zadik)
  • Udi: заьтӏикӏ (zäṭiḳ)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

According to Martirosyan, who develops J̌ahukyan's etymology, the word originally meant “sacrificial animal (particularly cow or heifer) devoted to/representing the Goddess Anahit; spring festival of the cow sacrifice” and is derived from զատանեմ (zatanem, to separate) +‎ -իկ (-ik).

Alternatively, according to Hovhannisyan, զատիկ (zatik, sacrifice) is an Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ǰati-ka-; compare Middle Persian ztn' (zadan, to hit, beat, strike, smite), the present stem zn- (zan-) of which is seen in Old Armenian զենում (zenum, to slaughter an animal, to sacrifice).

Noun edit

զատիկ (zatik)

  1. victim, sacrifice
  2. (Judaism) Passover
    Synonym: կիր (kir)
    զատիկ հրէիցzatik hrēicʻthe Passover
    գառն զատկիgaṙn zatkipaschal lamb
  3. (Christianity, sometimes capitalized) Easter
    խթումն զատկիxtʻumn zatkiEaster Eve
  4. (by extension) holiday, feast

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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զատիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զատիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զատիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 38–39
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “zatik”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 273–274