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ճիւ

ճիւ

Old Armenian

Noun

ճիւ (čiw)

  1. leg; shank

Derived terms

Usage notes

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

Descendants

  • Middle 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