ծո
Appearance
Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ծօ (cō) — traditional orthography
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Armenian ծօ (cō), from Old Armenian ծօլա (cōla), from Old Georgian წული (c̣uli).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /t͡so/, [t͡so]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /d͡zo/, [d͡zo]
Interjection
[edit]ծո • (co) (dialectal, colloquial)
- used to address or call a familiar person, traditionally a male, often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority or annoyance
- woe! alas!
- exclamation expressing surprise
Usage notes
[edit]Apparently, in the Van dialect, this word was used mainly by a man to address his wife, unlike in other dialects.
See also
[edit]- քա (kʻa)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծօ”, 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 476
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ծո”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 656a
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ծո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 419
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- Armenian terms inherited from Middle Armenian
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- Armenian terms inherited from Old Armenian
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- Armenian terms derived from Old Georgian
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- Armenian colloquialisms