թև

Inherited from Old Armenian թև (tʻew).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tʰev/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tev/,

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

  (file)

թև • (tʻew)

1. wing

   ինքնաթիռի թև ― inkʻnatʻiṙi tʻew ― wing of an airplane

2. arm of a human

   Coordinate terms: ձեռք (jeṙkʻ), բազուկ (bazuk)

3. fin of a fish
4. (military) wing, flank
5. (politics) wing
6. side

   ձախ թևում ― jax tʻewum ― on the left side

7. (dialectal) the place for the watchdog to lay and guard the flock when it stays outside

The origin is uncertain.^[1]

Perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *ptewo-, from *peth₂-, in which case cognate with թեր (tʻer), թերթ (tʻertʻ), թռչիմ (tʻṙčʻim).^[2][3]

թև • (tʻew)

1. wing

   թեւ աղօրեաց ― tʻew ałōreacʻ ― sails of a wind-mill; sweep, fan

   թեւ ձկանց ― tʻew jkancʻ ― fins of fish

   թեւ զօրաց ― tʻew zōracʻ ― wings of an army

   թեւ հանդերձից ― tʻew handerjicʻ ― sleeve of a coat

   թեւ նաւու ― tʻew nawu ― rudder, oar, or sail of a ship

   թեւ դրանց ― tʻew drancʻ ― leaf, fold of door

   թեւ տաճարի ― tʻew tačari ― towers of the temple; pyramids

   թեւ գառագղի ― tʻew gaṙagłi ― portcullis; greatest door of menagery

   թեւք երկրի ― tʻewkʻ erkri ― the ends of the earth

   թեւս առնուլ ― tʻews aṙnul ― to have wings, feathers

   թեւս ածել ― tʻews acel ― to flutter, to take wing; to fly away

   թեւ ի թեւ, թեւ ի թեւ խառնեալ/յեռեալ ― tʻew i tʻew, tʻew i tʻew xaṙneal/yeṙeal ― arm in arm

   թեւ տալ ումէք ― tʻew tal umēkʻ ― to give one's arm to

   բանալ, պարզել, հատանել զթեւս ― banal, parzel, hatanel ztʻews ― to spread the wings

   հատանել զթեւս ― hatanel ztʻews ― to clip or crop (a bird's wings); to fetter or paralyze a person

2. arm of a human
3. flight, rush, dash

   թեւք հողմոց ― tʻewkʻ hołmocʻ ― blow of a wind

4. (figuratively) wing, protection

   թեւ արկանել ― tʻew arkanel ― to extend the wings; to be a protector, to patronize; to obtain possession

• Armenian: թև (tʻew), թևք (tʻewkʻ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy