ճիվ

• ճիւ (čiw) — traditional orthography

From Middle Armenian ճիվ (čiv), from Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiv/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiv/,

ճիվ • (čiv)

1. (dialectal) leg, shank in humans and in other vertebrates
2. arm in humans; wing in birds
3. (loosely) any limb
4. (dialectal) thigh
5. (dialectal) pubis

• ճվատել (čvatel)
• ճվտել (čvtel)
• ճվահան (čvahan)

• “ճիվ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2005) “On Armenian čiw ‘shank’”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 9, number 1, pages 81–84
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

From Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

ճիվ • (čiv)

1. leg, shank
   • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ 37–40:^[1][2]

     Արագիլ մեծ հաւ ու հով,
     Երկայն ու բարակ ճըվերով,
     Ի ձոր ի վայր գայր խաղալով,
     Գորտներ ու խըլեզ քաղելով։

     Aragil mec haw u hov,
     Erkayn u barak čəverov,
     I jor i vayr gayr xaġalov,
     Gortner u xəlez kʻaġelov.

     • Translation by John A. C. Greppin

       The Stork was large and shadowy,
       With long and thin legs;
       He went sporting down the vale,
       And gathered frogs and lizards.

• Armenian: ճիվ (čiv)

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ճիվ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2005) “On Armenian čiw ‘shank’”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 9, number 1, pages 81–84