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ծառայ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Of Hurro-Urartian origin. Compare Hurrian 𒊍𒋛𒊑 (as-si-ri /⁠assiri, (pl: sarre)⁠/, live booty, captive), itself from Akkadian 𒇽𒀀𒋛𒊒 (LU2a-si-ru /⁠asīru⁠/, captive, prisoner of war, one who is taken in bonds; foreign worker), from Proto-Semitic *ʔasīr- (captive).

Noun

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ծառայ (caṙay)

  1. servant; slave
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 40.28:[1]
      նուաճիցե՞ս զնա ծառայ յաւիտենական։
      nuačicʻe?s zna caṙay yawitenakan.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        Will you subdue it as your perpetual slave?

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative ծառայ (caṙay) ծառայք (caṙaykʻ)
genitive ծառայի (caṙayi) ծառայից (caṙayicʻ)
dative ծառայի (caṙayi) ծառայից (caṙayicʻ)
accusative ծառայ (caṙay) ծառայս (caṙays)
ablative ծառայէ (caṙayē) ծառայից (caṙayicʻ)
instrumental ծառայիւ (caṙayiw) ծառայիւք (caṙayiwkʻ)
locative ծառայի (caṙayi) ծառայս (caṙays)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ծառա (caṙa)

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծառայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծառայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծառայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 25-26