զերտևա
Armenian
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Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish زردوا (zerdeva).
Noun
[edit]զերտևա • (zertewa) (dialectal, obsolete)
- pine marten, Martes martes (animal and its fur)
- Synonym: անտառային կզաքիս (antaṙayin kzakʻis)
- Hypernym: կզաքիս (kzakʻis)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
- զէրտավայ․ մառթօռէ
- zērtavay; maṙtʻōṙē
- զէրտավայ (zērtavay) = martora
- զէրտավայ․ մառթօռէ
Alternative forms
[edit]- զերտավա (zertava), զերտա (zerta)
- զէրտէվա (zērtēva), զէրտէվայ (zērtēvay), զերտավայ (zertavay), զերտայ (zertay) — traditional orthography
References
[edit]- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զերտայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 93a