տղա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian տղայ (tłay).

Pronunciation

Noun

տղա (tła)

  1. boy
    ես արդեն մեծ տղա եմes arden mec tła emI am a big boy now
    Synonyms: (dialectal) լաճ (lač), մանչ (mančʿ)
  2. son
    նա ունի մեկ տղա եւ երկու աղջիկna uni mek tła ew erku ałǰikhe has a boy and two girls
    Synonyms: որդի (ordi), ուստր (ustr)
  3. (Western Armenian) child, baby (male or female)
    Synonym: երեխա (erexa)
  4. lad, youngster, young man
  5. apprentice

Usage notes

In Old Armenian, Middle Armenian and Western Armenian the word can mean both male and female child. In Eastern Armenian, only male.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Adyghe: [script needed] (tɣa, young man)[1]
  • Azerbaijani: dığa
  • Northern Kurdish: tiẍa
  • Turkish: dığa, tığa

References

  1. Loewe, Louis (1854) A dictionary of the Circassian language, London: George Bell, page 89

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), տղայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 413a
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