ձև

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձեւ (jew).

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Noun

ձև • (jew)

1. form; shape; pattern
2. way, method
3. (grammar) form

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.

Noun

ձև • (jew)

1. shape, fashion, form, mould, pattern

   ձեւ տալ ― jew tal ― to give a shape to

   պարզ, անպաճոյճ, ազնուական ունել ձեւս ― parz, anpačoyč, aznuakan unel jews ― to have simple, noble, gentlemanly or ladylike manners

   զայս ձեւ օրինակի ― zays jew ōrinaki ― in this way, thus, so

   գրեաց ձեւ բանից օրինակ զայս ― greacʻ jew banicʻ ōrinak zays ― he wrote a letter thus conceived, or in these terms

   ի ձեւ առակաց ― i jew aṙakacʻ ― allegorically

2. clothes, vestment

   ի ձեւ ժառանգաւորի ― i jew žaṙangawori ― in the garb of a clergyman, in clerical attire

   ի ձեւ սոսկական ― i jew soskakan ― in private clothes

   առնուլ զձեւ կրօնաւորական ― aṙnul zjew krōnaworakan ― to become a monk

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ձեւ (jew)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձև”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 433