թուխու

Armenian

Etymology

Attested in the Aṙtial (Transylvania) dialect area which was spoken by the Armenian diaspora in Romania, Hungary and Poland, some of whom immigrated from Crimea. See also լոսդի (losdi), թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ) with a similar philological context.

A Turkic borrowing: compare Armeno-Kipchak դուղու-պալըխ (tuγu-balïχ), դուխու-պալըխ (tuχu-balïχ, “sturgeon”), Siberian Tatar тоғы (toɣɨ, “sturgeon”), Turkmen doky (“beluga”), Shor тог (tog, “perch”), Northern Altai туглы (tuglï, “Brachymystax”). Hungarian tok (“sturgeon”) is borrowed from the same source. For the ultimate origin see EDAL and Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen, without the Armenian, the latter citing also a Siberian Tatar tuɣu.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tʰuˈχu/, [tʰuχú]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tuˈχu/, [tʰuχú]

Noun

թուխու • (tʻuxu) (Ardeal)

a kind of sturgeon
Hypernym: թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ)
- finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx.)^[3]^[4]

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular	plural
nominative	թուխու (tʻuxu)	թուխուներ (tʻuxuner)
dative	թուխուի (tʻuxui)	թուխուների (tʻuxuneri)
ablative	թուխուից (tʻuxuicʻ)	թուխուներից (tʻuxunericʻ)
instrumental	թուխուով (tʻuxuov)	թուխուներով (tʻuxunerov)
locative	—	—

	definite forms
nominative	թուխուն (tʻuxun)	թուխուները/թուխուներն (tʻuxunerə/tʻuxunern)
dative	թուխուին (tʻuxuin)	թուխուներին (tʻuxunerin)

	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	թուխուս (tʻuxus)	թուխուներս (tʻuxuners)
dative	թուխուիս (tʻuxuis)	թուխուներիս (tʻuxuneris)
ablative	թուխուիցս (tʻuxuicʻs)	թուխուներիցս (tʻuxunericʻs)
instrumental	թուխուովս (tʻuxuovs)	թուխուներովս (tʻuxunerovs)
locative	—	—

	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	թուխուդ (tʻuxud)	թուխուներդ (tʻuxunerd)
dative	թուխուիդ (tʻuxuid)	թուխուներիդ (tʻuxunerid)
ablative	թուխուիցդ (tʻuxuicʻd)	թուխուներիցդ (tʻuxunericʻd)
instrumental	թուխուովդ (tʻuxuovd)	թուխուներովդ (tʻuxunerovd)
locative	—	—

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*togV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
^ Benkő L., editor (1993–1997), “tok”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen I–III [The Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (in German), Vol. 1: A–kop (1993), vol. 2: Kor–zs (1995), vol. 3: index (1997), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 1525a
^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թուխու”, 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 234
^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “esturgeon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 493a

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թուխու”, 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, pages 204–205, considering the origin unknown
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թուխու”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 274b, considering the origin unknown
Koylaw, Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Hausen”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎^[2], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 819a
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուխու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 229b
Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “թուխու”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 142b

[1] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*togV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[2] Benkő L., editor (1993–1997), “tok”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen I–III [The Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (in German), Vol. 1: A–kop (1993), vol. 2: Kor–zs (1995), vol. 3: index (1997), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 1525a

[Norayr-3] Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թուխու”, 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 234

[4] Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “esturgeon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 493a

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