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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կայմ (kaym).
Pronunciation
Noun
կայմ • (kaym)
- mast
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
A Semitic borrowing: compare Aramaic / Classical Syriac ܩܝܡܐ (/qaymā/), ܩܝܡܬܐ (qāyemtā, “standing object”), ܩܐܝܡ (qaʾʾīm, “standing one, firmly positioned”), Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim, “upright, vertical”), from the root ܩ-ܘ-ܡ (q-w-m), ق و م (q-w-m) related to rising.
The weaving sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast; beam”).
Noun
կայմ • (kaym)
- mast
- (by extension) sail
- Synonym: առագաստ (aṙagast)
- (weaving) beam
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: կայմ (kaym) (learned)
Further reading
- “qymh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “qwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կայմ”, 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 507b
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “կայմ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կայմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կայմ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 380b
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 205
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “կայմ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կայմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Urišean, Vardgēs (1995) “կայմ”, in Mer armatnerə nor loysi tak [Our Root Words Under New Light] (in Armenian), volume I, Fresno: Meshag Printing & Publishing, page 155a