կտև

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Compare կեղեւ (kełew).

Noun

կտև (ktew)

  1. rind, shell, bark (of fruits, nuts, trees)
    • c. 1130, Dawitʻ Ganjakecʻi, Xratkʻ kanonakankʻ 10:[1][2][3]
      Իսկ զտուեալն ի նոցանէ մի՛ կերիցեն՝ զհաց, զպանիր, զմիս, զխաւարտ, զխաղող, զգինի, բայց յայնցանէ, որ կտեւովն (var. կտովն) են՝ ընգույզ, նուռնն, խարբզակ և այլք այսպիսիք, եւ այնոքիկ, որ ի պէտս մարմնոյ բժշկութեան վարեն, բայց ի թիրակեաց, եւս պիղծ դեղոց։
      Isk ztuealn i nocʻanē mí kericʻen, zhacʻ, zpanir, zmis, zxawart, zxaġoġ, zgini, baycʻ yayncʻanē, or ktewovn (var. ktovn) en, ənguyz, nuṙnn, xarbzak ew aylkʻ ayspisikʻ, ew aynokʻik, or i pēts marmnoy bžškutʻean varen, baycʻ i tʻirakeacʻ, ews piġc deġocʻ.
      • Translation by C.J.F. Dowsett
        One shall not eat anything given by them — bread, cheese, meat, vegetables, grapes, and wine — except for those which are in shells  : walnuts, pomegranates, and melons, etc., and those things which are used to heal the body, apart from theriaca and other filthy drugs.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կտեփ (ktepʻ)

References

  1. ^ Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 216. Scriptores Armeniaci; 3)‎, a critical edition of the Armenian text prepared by A. Abrahamyan, Louvain: Peeters, page 17
  2. ^ Dowsett, C.J.F. (1961) The Penitential of David of Ganjak (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 217. Scriptores Armeniaci; 4)‎, a translation from Armenian into English, Louvain: Peeters, page 14
  3. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կտև”, 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, pages 676–677
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “կտև”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 453a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կտև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 390a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կտև”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 395