չիտ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ջիտ (ǰit)

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean, from Middle Georgian ჩიტი (čiṭi).[1] See there and ծիտ (cit) for more.

On the other hand, Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui considers this an onomatopoeic formation.[2]

Noun

չիտ (čʿit)

  1. sparrow
    • 12–13th century, Mxitʿar Goš, Aṙakkʿ [Fables] 120:
      Զջայլամն տեսեալ չիտ՝ զի մեծամեծս արկանէր ձուս, եւ այսմ տարփող եղեալ՝ հարցանէր ուսանել []
      Zǰaylamn teseal čʿit, zi mecamecs arkanēr jus, ew aysm tarpʿoł ełeal, harcʿanēr usanel []
    • 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʿi, Žołovacʿoykʿ aṙakacʿ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] :[3]
      Աղուէսն առեալ չիտ մի ի բերայն եւ կամէր ուտել զնայ []
      Ałuēsn aṙeal čʿit mi i berayn ew kamēr utel znay []
    • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ [Praise of Birds] 270:[4]
      Չիտն ուսել էր հայնց հունար, հաւկոյթ ներկէր ինքն ճարտար։
      Čʿitn usel ēr hayncʿ hunar, hawkoytʿ nerkēr inkʿn čartar.
  2. (music) a kind of musical tune

Derived terms

  • չտիկ (čʿtik)
  • մկնչիտ (mknčʿit)

Descendants

  • Armenian: չեդ (čʿed)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), չիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 629a
  2. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), չիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 576a
  3. Марр, Н. (1894) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть II. Тексты [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part II. Texts], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 59
  4. Mnacʿakanyan, A. Š. (1980), ““Govankʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ” tałašarkʿə, nra hełinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 253 of 232–258

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