թշու

Armenian

Alternative forms

թշով (tʻšov)

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Crimean Tatar tırşav, dialectal tışav, Tatar тышау (tışaw), Bashkir тышау (tışaw), dialectal Azerbaijani tuşağ, tuşax, dialectal Turkish duşak, doşak (“hobble”) etc, which are of native Turkic origin.^[1]

Noun

թշու • (tʻšu)

(dialectal, Nor Nakhichevan) hobble (used to fasten together the legs of a horse)
Synonym: ոտնակապ (otnakap)

Usage notes

Because թշու (tʻšu) is not included in standard references apart from a few dictionaries,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] and its place of attestation is unknown, it has been treated as a ghost word.^[6] It should be recognized as belonging to the Nor Nakhichevan dialect, more properly spelled թշով (tʻšov) and with a derivative թշոնել (tʻšonel, “to hobble”).^[7]^[8] Hence the closeness to Kipchak Turkic forms rather than to Anatolian Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Derived terms

թշոնել (tʻšonel, “to hobble”)

References

^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, page 306
^ Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թշու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 226b
^ Gayayean, Yovhannēs Tʻ. (1983) “թշու”, in Baṙaran Ganjaran Hayerēn Lezui [Dictionary Thesaurus of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 3rd edition, Beirut: Hamaskaïne W. Sethian Press
^ Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “թշու”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
^ Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (2009) “թշու”, in Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʻean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “թշու”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 115b
^ Alaverdjan, S. Dz. (1997) “тшов, тшонэл”, in O. A. Sargsjan, editor, Armjano-russkij slovarʹ nornaxičevanskovo dialekta (zapadnoarmjanskovo jazyka) [Armenian–Russian Dictionary of Nor Nakhichevan Dialect (of Western Armenian)], Chaltyr: Self-published, page 45
^ Malxasjan, A. G. (2001) “թշոնել”, in Армянско-русский словарь диалекта донских (нахичеванских) армян. Корни слов и фамилий [Armenian–Russian Dictionary of the Dialect of Don (Nakhichevan) Armenians. Roots of Words and Surnames], Rostov-on-Don: Издательство Северо-Кавказского научного центра высшей школы, →ISBN, page 68

[1] Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, page 306

[2] Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թշու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 226b

[3] Gayayean, Yovhannēs Tʻ. (1983) “թշու”, in Baṙaran Ganjaran Hayerēn Lezui [Dictionary Thesaurus of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 3rd edition, Beirut: Hamaskaïne W. Sethian Press

[4] Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “թշու”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press

[5] Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (2009) “թշու”, in Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʻean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

[6] Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “թշու”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 115b

[7] Alaverdjan, S. Dz. (1997) “тшов, тшонэл”, in O. A. Sargsjan, editor, Armjano-russkij slovarʹ nornaxičevanskovo dialekta (zapadnoarmjanskovo jazyka) [Armenian–Russian Dictionary of Nor Nakhichevan Dialect (of Western Armenian)], Chaltyr: Self-published, page 45

[8] Malxasjan, A. G. (2001) “թշոնել”, in Армянско-русский словарь диалекта донских (нахичеванских) армян. Корни слов и фамилий [Armenian–Russian Dictionary of the Dialect of Don (Nakhichevan) Armenians. Roots of Words and Surnames], Rostov-on-Don: Издательство Северо-Кавказского научного центра высшей школы, →ISBN, page 68

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