ծղխնի

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ծղխնի. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ծղխնի, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ծղխնի in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ծղխնի you have here. The definition of the word ծղխնի will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofծղխնի, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3][4]

J̌ahukyan compares with ծիղ (cił), ծիլ (cil, sprout, bud).[5]

Martirosyan connects with Ancient Greek γίγγλυμος (gínglumos, hinge, joint, pivot, gudgeon) and derives both from a Mediterranean substrate word of the shape *ǵinɣl(u)m-, whence Proto-Armenian *ci(n)ɣln-*cixln-*ciłxn-i, with the suffix (-i).[6]

Noun

ծղխնի (cłxni)

  1. door hinge
    • 5th century, Bible, Proverbs 26.14[7]:
      Որպէս դուրք շրջին ՚ի ծղխնւոջ, նո՛յնպէս վատ ՚ի մահիճս իւր։
      Orpēs durkʻ šrǰin ’i cłxnwoǰ, nóynpēs vat ’i mahičs iwr.
      As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
    • 5th century, Bible, 3 Kingdoms 6.34[8]:
      և երկոցունց դրանցն փայտս մայրս երկբացիկս, մի մի դուռն. և ծխնիք նոցա երկբացիկք։
      [] ew erkocʻuncʻ drancʻn pʻayts mayrs erkbacʻiks, mi mi duṙn. ew cxnikʻ nocʻa erkbacʻikkʻ.
      In both the doors were planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned on hinges.
    • 5th century, Bible, 1 Chronicles 22.3[9]:
      և երկաթ յոյժ ի բևեռս դրանցն, ի գամս յաւդիցն և ի կրկունս ծխնեացն (var. ճխնեացն)։ Եւ պատրաստեաց Դաւիթ երկաթ և պղինձ, զի ոչ գոյր կշիռ, և փայտ, զի ոչ գոյր թիւ
      [] ew erkatʻ yoyž i beweṙs drancʻn, i gams yawdicʻn ew i krkuns cxneacʻn (var. čxneacʻn). Ew patrasteacʻ Dawitʻ erkatʻ ew płinj, zi očʻ goyr kšiṙ, ew pʻayt, zi očʻ goyr tʻiw []
      And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gates; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it.

Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Koine Greek στρόφιγξ (stróphinx, pivot, door hinge) and στροφεύς (stropheús, vertebra, door hinge).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծխնի (cxni), (dialectal) ճխան (čxan), ճլխան (člxan)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծղխնի”, 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 463ab
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 439
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1990) “Hayereni anhayt cagman baṙarmatnerə [The Armenian Word Roots of Unknown Origin]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, page 71
  4. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 509, 951
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծղխնի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 365a
  6. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016) “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 293–294
  7. ^ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 188
  8. ^ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 143
  9. ^ Xalatʻeancʻ, Grigor (1899) Girkʻ mnacʻordacʻ əst hnagoyn hay tʻargmanutʻean [The Book of Chronicles according to the Oldest Armenian Translation], Moscow: Varvaṙē Gatcʻuk Press, page 40b

Further reading