եթիմ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • էթիմ (ētʿim), եթում (etʿum), էթում (ētʿum), եթըմ (etʿəm), հեթիմ (hetʿim), հեթում (hetʿum)

Etymology

Via Ottoman Turkish یتیم (yetim) and Azerbaijani yetim from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Pronunciation

Noun

եթիմ (etʿim) (dialectal)

  1. orphan
    Synonym: որբ (orb)

Usage notes

Among some speakers, this word has pejorative connotations and is used as an insult.

Declension

Adjective

եթիմ (etʿim) (dialectal)

  1. orphaned

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), յէթիմ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 248
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), եթիմ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), եթիմ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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