ջով

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Ačaṙyan derives from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“cereal, grain; barley, spelt”), but the *y- → ջ- (ǰ-) sound change is not universally accepted and the meaning is different.

Noun

ջով • (ǰov)

  1. sprout, twig, offspring
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean  :[1]
      Եւ սկսանի այնուհետեւ ի վերին կողմն ուղղել եւ ի խոնարհ գնալ, զի զբոյսս ի վեր երեւեցուսցէ, եւ զարմատն ի ներքս պնդեսցէ, եւ ըստ թուոյ արմատոցն, որ ի խոնարհ արձակին, նոյնպէս երեւեցուսցէ ի վեր եւ զջով (vars. զջովս, զշով) բուսոյն։
      Ew sksani aynuhetew i verin kołmn ułłel ew i xonarh gnal, zi zboyss i ver erewecʻuscʻē, ew zarmatn i nerkʻs pndescʻē, ew əst tʻuoy armatocʻn, or i xonarh arjakin, noynpēs erewecʻuscʻē i ver ew zǰov (vars. zǰovs, zšov) busoyn.
    • 5th century, Aphrahat, Zgōn :1824 edition, page 327
      Եւ ասէ ցնա․ դու խնայեցեր ի ջով այդր դդմենւոյ, որ առաւօտու բուսաւ, եւ ի միւս առաւօտու չորացաւ
      Ew asē cʻna; du xnayecʻer i ǰov aydr ddmenwoy, or aṙawōtu busaw, ew i miws aṙawōtu čʻoracʻaw
    • 5th century, Aphrahat, Zgōn :1824 edition, page 369
      Եւ արար դարձեալ զկամս նորա որդն ի ջով անդ դդմենւոյն տաղաւարին Յովնանու, եւ եհատ զնա։
      Ew arar darjeal zkams nora ordn i ǰov and ddmenwoyn taławarin Yovnanu, ew ehat zna.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ջով (ǰov, “band of grass or plant stems for tying sheaves”) (dialectal)
    • → Northern Kurdish: çaw (“idem”)
      • → Armenian: ճա̈վ (čäv, “idem”) (Moks)

References

  1. ^ Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 134

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ջով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 131ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 675c
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ջով”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 653b
  • Kölligan, Daniel (2012) “Regular sound change and word-initial /*i̯/- in Armenian”, in Probert Philomen, Willi Andreas, editors, Laws and Rules in Indo-European‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 138
  • Macak, Martin (2017–2018) “Chapter X: Armenian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Classical Armenian, page 1055
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 623a
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