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ձետ

ձետ

Armenian

Noun

ձետ (jet)

  1. (archaic) tail of an animal

Declension


Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

Noun

ձետ (jet)

  1. ****

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ձետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ցետ (cʿet)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos- with a semantic shift ‘rump’ → ‘tail’. Cognates include Avestan [script needed] (zadah, rump), Sanskrit हदति (hadati, to evacuate, discharge excrement), Ancient Greek χόδανος (khódanos), χέζω (khézō), Albanian dhjes, Proto-Germanic *gatą, Russian зад (zad).

Noun

ձետ (jet)

  1. tail (of a dog, fox, lion, etc.)
    ձետ առ ձետjet aṙ jet ― tail to tail, one after another

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • քառաձետ (kʿaṙajet)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձետ (jet)
  • Middle Armenian: ձետ (jet)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ձետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ձետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 432