զերտևա

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Armenian

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زردوا (zerdeva).

Noun

զերտևա (zertewa) (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. pine marten, Martes martes (animal and its fur)
    Synonym: անտառային կզաքիս (antaṙayin kzakʻis)
    Hypernym: կզաքիս (kzakʻis)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani page 19:[1]
      զէրտավայ․ մառթօռէ
      zērtavay; maṙtʻōṙē
      զէրտավայ (zērtavay) = martora

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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, page 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զերտայ”, 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 93a