դիք

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /dikʰ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tik/,

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դիք (dikʻ).

դիք • (dikʻ)

1. (archaic, collective) pagan gods

From Ottoman Turkish دیك (dik).

դիք • (dikʻ) (superlative ամենադիք)

1. (dialectal) steep

   դիք ճանապարհ ― dikʻ čanaparh ― steep road

2. (dialectal) protruding, upright; vertical

դիք • (dikʻ)

1. (dialectal) hill, hillock
2. (dialectal) ascent, rise; steep slope

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “դիք”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s.

The combining form դիւց- (diwcʻ-) may have arisen from contamination with դիւ- (diw-), combining form of դեւ (dew), or with hypothetical Proto-Armenian *tiw (“god”) (see տիւ (tiw, “day”)).

դիք • (dikʻ) pl

1. gods
   • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 778:^[1]

     Նախ դիպեալ ի ճանապարհի երազացոյց երազահան պաշտաման Տրի դից, դպրի գիտութեան քրմաց, անուանեալ Դիւան գրչի Որմզդի, ուսման ճարտարութեան մեհեան

     Nax dipeal i čanaparhi erazacʻoycʻ erazahan paštaman Tri dicʻ, dpri gitutʻean kʻrmacʻ, anuaneal Diwan grčʻi Ormzdi, usman čartarutʻean mehean

     • Translation by R. W. Thomson

       On the road he first came across the shrine of the god Tir, the interpreter of dreams, the scribe of pagan learning, who was called the secretary of Ormizd, a temple of learned instruction.

• Always used in the plural, even when referring to a single god.
• The word has the following combining forms: դից- (dicʻ-), դիւց- (diwcʻ-), -դիք (-dikʻ).

• → Armenian: դիք (dikʻ)

• Abeġyan, Manuk (1985) Erker [Works] (in Armenian), volume 8, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 41–42
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 672–673
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1992) “Lezvakan nor tvyalner hayocʻ naxakʻristoneakan kroni ew havatalikʻneri masin [New Linguistic Data on Pre-Christian Religion and Beliefs of the Armenians]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 1, page 17
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 45 of 41–50
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 239
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, pages 195–205
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy