Armenian

Noun

որթ • ‎(ortʿ)

1. vine, grapevine

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pórt-h₂-u-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πόρτις ‎(pórtis, “bull-calf; boy”), Sanskrit पृथुक ‎(pṛthuka, “boy; the young of any animal”), Welsh erthyl ‎(“untimely birth”), Old High German farro (German Farre ‎(“bullock”)). The initial *p- survives in dialectal հորթ ‎(hortʿ) which is the accepted and usual form in modern literary Armenian. Related to որդի ‎(ordi, “child”).

Noun

որթ • ‎(ortʿ)

1. calf

   որթ դիեցիկ‎ ― ortʿ diecʿik ― sucking calf

   միս որթու‎ ― mis ortʿu ― veal

   որթ խորովեալ‎ ― ortʿ xoroveal ― roast veal

   մորթ որթու‎ ― mortʿ ortʿu ― calf-skin

   որթ ծովային‎ ― ortʿ covayin ― seal, sea-calf

   որթ ոսկի ձուլածոյ‎ ― ortʿ oski julacoy ― golden calf

2. young of a deer

   որթ եղանց‎ ― ortʿ ełancʿ ― fawn, young deer

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “որթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “որթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “որթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 578–579
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “analut‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 65
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ort‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 536–537

Etymology 2

According to Ačaṙyan, developed figuratively from որթ ‎(ortʿ, “calf”); typologically he compares երինջ ‎(erinǰ, “heifer; sprout of grapes”), Ancient Greek βλαστός ‎(blastós, “sprout; child”), μόσχος ‎(móskhos, “calf; young shoot, twig”). Martirosyan does not discuss որթ ‎(ortʿ, “vine”) s.v. որթ ‎(ortʿ, “calf”), but he mentions the pair under the semantic field young animals : young branches : child, generation (human, fauna and flora), along with երինջ ‎(erinǰ, “heifer”) : երինջ ‎(erinǰ, “sprout of grapes”) and մորճ ‎(morč, “thicket; young branch”) : մանուկ-մորճուկ ‎(manuk-morčuk, “young (children, orphans)”), մորճիկ ‎(morčik, “offspring, son or daughter”).

J̌ahukyan, following Pedersen, derives from Proto-Indo-European *ortʰo-, beside *ort- ‎(“vine”), with Albanian hardhi as a cognate. Alternatively, following Petersson, he derives this from Proto-Indo-European *portʰo-, beside *pertʰ- ‎(“pole, sprout”), with Ancient Greek πτόρθος ‎(ptórthos, “sprout”) as a cognate.

Noun

որթ • ‎(ortʿ)

1. vine, grapevine

   բեր որթոյ‎ ― ber ortʿoy ― grapes

   տերեւ որթոյ‎ ― terew ortʿoy ― vine-leaf

   ուռ որթոյ‎ ― uṙ ortʿoy ― vine-tendril

   յօտք որթոյ‎ ― yōtkʿ ortʿoy ― vine-branches, vine-cuttings

   թօթափել/աղել զտերեւս որթոյ‎ ― tʿōtʿapʿel/ałel zterews ortʿoy ― to strip away the superfluous vine-leaves

2. (rare) grape (the fruit of vine)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: որթ ‎(ortʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “որթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “որթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petersson, Herbert (1916), “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 47, issue 3/4, pages 271—273
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “որթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 579
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 785
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “որթ II”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 606–607