տիվիթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دویت (divit), ultimately from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /diˈvit/, [divítʰ]

Noun

տիվիթ • (tivitʻ) (Nor Nakhichevan, obsolete)

1. inkstand, a pencase with inkwell, worn in the girdle by scribes

   Synonyms: թանաքաման (tʻanakʻaman), գրչաման (grčʻaman)

Usage notes

Malxasjan glosses դիվիթ (divitʻ) with "ink" and դիվիթաման (divitʻaman) (containing աման (aman)) with "inkstand". But this contradicts all other dictionaries which know only the sense "inkstand" for the first word and do not know the second word at all.

Alternative forms

• դվիթ (dvitʻ) — other dialects
• դիվիթ (divitʻ) — Eastern Armenian orthography

Derived terms

• դվիթ-ղալամ (dvitʻ-ġalam)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիվիթ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 338
• J̌alašyan, Geworg (2012) “դիվիթ”, in Nor Naxiǰewani barbaṙi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Nor Nakhichevan dialect]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Rostov-on-Don: Staryje russkije, →ISBN, page 133a
• Malxasjan, A. G. (2001) “դիվիթ”, 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, pages 3, 45
• Patkanean, Ṙapʻayēl (1870) “տիվիթ”, in Žoġovacoykʻ ōtarazgi baṙeri Nor Naxiǰewancʻocʻ lezui mēǰ mtac [A collection of foreign words in the dialect of Nor Nakhichevan]‎^[2], Saint Petersburg: Ō. V. Landsberg's Press, page 29
• Pʻorkʻšeyan, X. A. (1971) Nor Naxiǰewani hay žoġovrdakan banahyusutʻyunə [The Armenian folklore of Nor Nakhichevan] (Hay azgagrutʻyun ew banahyusutʻyun: Nyutʻer ew usumnasirutʻyunner; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 217a
• Riggs, Elias (1847) “տիվիթ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 142a
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “դվիթ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 349b