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թեղի

թեղի

Armenian

Noun

թեղի (tʿełi)

  1. elm

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեղեայ ծառ (tʿełeay caṙ)

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean substrate, found also in Ancient Greek πτελέα (pteléa, elm) and Latin tilia (linden). See also թեղօշ (tʿełōš).

Noun

թեղի (tʿełi)

  1. elm

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թեղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թեղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թեղի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), թեղի”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 284