թիթեղն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թեթեղն (tʿetʿełn)

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan from earlier *թէթեղն (*tʿētʿełn), reduplication of the root *թիղ- (*tʿił-) or *թեղ- (*tʿeł-), from Proto-Indo-European *ptel-, from the root *pet- (to fly). Cognate with Ancient Greek πτῐ́λον (ptílon, feather) and related to թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn).

Noun

թիթեղն (tʿitʿełn)

  1. thin sheet of gold or other metal, lamina
  2. plate, sign, signboard
  3. Alternative form of թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn)

Declension

Derived terms

  • թիթեղնակապ (tʿitʿełnakap)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թիթեղ (tʿitʿeł) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թիթեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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