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Old Armenian
Etymology
Likely a Semitic borrowing: compare Aramaic 𐡔𐡐𐡕𐡉𐡍 (šptyn, “lips”), which is an Old Aramaic dual of the word for "lip", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śapat-.
Noun
շուրթն • (šurtʻn)
- lip
- վերին շուրթն ― verin šurtʻn ― upper lip
- ստորին շուրթն ― storin šurtʻn ― lower lip
- նուրբ շուրթն ― nurb šurtʻn ― small or thin lip
- ուռոյց շուրթն ― uṙoycʻ šurtʻn ― swelled or blubber lip
- թաւ շուրթն ― tʻaw šurtʻn ― thick lip
- կարմրերփեան շուրթն ― karmrerpʻean šurtʻn ― rosy lips
- ունել լայնշի շրթունս ― unel laynši šrtʻuns ― to have flat lips
- ունել շրջեալ շրթունս ― unel šrǰeal šrtʻuns ― to have turned up lips
- ունել բոլորածիր շրթունս ― unel boloracir šrtʻuns ― to have well-formed lips
- edge, rim
- շուրթն գետոյ ― šurtʻn getoy ― riverside
- (figuratively) tongue, word, mouth
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1181
- ^ Nyberg H. S. (posthumous), Utas, Bo, editors (1988), Frahang-i pahlavīk, Toll, Christopher, collaborator, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 76
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շուրթն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, unknown origin
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շուրթն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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, page 941, unknown origin
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շուրթն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy