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թի

թի

See also: -թի and Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Armenian

Noun

թի (tʿi)

  1. wooden shovel
  2. oar

Declension

Related terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ptio-, surviving also in Ancient Greek πτύον (ptúon, winnowing-shovel, fan).

Noun

թի (tʿi)

  1. shovel
    թի պարտիզիtʿi partizi ― spade, shovel
    թի փռանtʿi pʿṙan ― a baker's shovel
    թիակ կրակարանիtʿiak krakarani ― fire-shovel
    թի փայտեայtʿi pʿayteay ― wooden shovel
  2. blade of an oar; oar
    թի վարելtʿi varel ― to row
    թի վարել ուժգինtʿi varel užgin ― to row vigorously

Declension

Derived terms

  • թիաւոր (tʿiawor)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թի (tʿi)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935