թուզ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian թուզ (tʻuz), from Old Armenian թուզ (tʻuz). For the sense of “vulva” Martirosyan compares dialectal Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “fig; vulva”) and German Feige (“fig; vulva”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tʰuz/, [tʰuz]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tuz/, [tʰuz]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

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Noun

թուզ • (tʻuz)

1. fig (fruit)
2. (dialectal) vulva

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թզեր (tʻzer)
dative	թզի (tʻzi)	թզերի (tʻzeri)
ablative	թզից (tʻzicʻ)	թզերից (tʻzericʻ)
instrumental	թզով (tʻzov)	թզերով (tʻzerov)
locative	թզում (tʻzum)	թզերում (tʻzerum)
	definite forms
nominative	թուզը/թուզն (tʻuzə/tʻuzn)	թզերը/թզերն (tʻzerə/tʻzern)
dative	թզին (tʻzin)	թզերին (tʻzerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	թուզս (tʻuzs)	թզերս (tʻzers)
dative	թզիս (tʻzis)	թզերիս (tʻzeris)
ablative	թզիցս (tʻzicʻs)	թզերիցս (tʻzericʻs)
instrumental	թզովս (tʻzovs)	թզերովս (tʻzerovs)
locative	թզումս (tʻzums)	թզերումս (tʻzerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	թուզդ (tʻuzd)	թզերդ (tʻzerd)
dative	թզիդ (tʻzid)	թզերիդ (tʻzerid)
ablative	թզիցդ (tʻzicʻd)	թզերիցդ (tʻzericʻd)
instrumental	թզովդ (tʻzovd)	թզերովդ (tʻzerovd)
locative	թզումդ (tʻzumd)	թզերումդ (tʻzerumd)

Derived terms

• ադամաթուզ (adamatʻuz)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “t‘uz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 295

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թուզ (tʻuz).

Noun

թուզ • (tʻuz)

1. fig (fruit)
2. (pathology) fig-like tumour

Derived terms

• թզկերուկ (tʻzkeruk)

Descendants

• Armenian: թուզ (tʻuz)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թուզ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 233

Old Armenian

Etymology

Since long connected with Latin fīcus and Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon), τῦκον (tûkon), and considered a borrowing from a Mediterranean or an Anatolian substrate source. Martirosyan reconstructs a Mediterranean *tʰuōiḱo- or *tʰū(i)ḱo- (“fig”).

Noun

թուզ • (tʻuz)

1. fig (fruit)

   պաղատիտ թզոց ― pałatit tʻzocʻ ― dried-fig

   բլիթ թզոյ ― blitʻ tʻzoy ― cake of figs

   ծառ թզոյ ― caṙ tʻzoy ― fig-tree

Declension

o-type

	singular	plural
nominative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թուզք (tʻuzkʻ)
genitive	թզոյ (tʻzoy)	թզոց (tʻzocʻ)
dative	թզոյ (tʻzoy)	թզոց (tʻzocʻ)
accusative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թուզս (tʻuzs)
ablative	թզոյ (tʻzoy)	թզոց (tʻzocʻ)
instrumental	թզով (tʻzov)	թզովք (tʻzovkʻ)
locative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թուզս (tʻuzs)

i-type

	singular	plural
nominative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թուզք (tʻuzkʻ)
genitive	թզի (tʻzi)	թզից (tʻzicʻ)
dative	թզի (tʻzi)	թզից (tʻzicʻ)
accusative	թուզ (tʻuz)	թուզս (tʻuzs)
ablative	թզէ (tʻzē)	թզից (tʻzicʻ)
instrumental	թզիւ (tʻziw)	թզիւք (tʻziwkʻ)
locative	թզի (tʻzi)	թուզս (tʻuzs)

later declension

Derived terms

• թզաբեր (tʻzaber)
• թզենապատ (tʻzenapat)
• թզենեկասփած (tʻzenekaspʻac)
• թզենի (tʻzeni)
• թզորակ (tʻzorak)
• ժանտաթզենի (žantatʻzeni)
• ժանտաթուզ (žantatʻuz)
• մոլաթզենի (molatʻzeni)
• մոլաթուզ (molatʻuz)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: թուզ (tʻuz)
  • Armenian: թուզ (tʻuz)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “t‘uz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 295
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎^[2], number 10, § 6.4.4., page 117