Old Armenian

Noun

ճիւ • ‎(čiw)

1. leg; shank

Derived terms

• երկաճիւ ‎(erkačiw)
• մենաճիւ ‎(menačiw)

Usage notes

Unattested in Old Armenian outside the compounds երկաճիւ ‎(erkačiw) and մենաճիւ ‎(menačiw).

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: ճիվ ‎(čiv)
  • Armenian: ճիվ ‎(čiv)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ճիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “ճիւ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “ճիւ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Čēlalean, Grigor, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ճիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2005), “On Armenian čiw ‘shank’”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 9, issue 1, pages 81–84
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2002), “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 122, issue 2, pages 318–324