տեղ

Armenian

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Etymology 1

From Old Armenian տեղ (teł).

Noun

տեղ • (teġ)

1. place, location, locality, position

   Synonym: վայր (vayr)

   սա իմ տեղը չէ ― sa im teġə čʻē ― this is not my place

   քարքարոտ տեղ ― kʻarkʻarot teġ ― rocky locale

   արտաբերման տեղ ― artaberman teġ ― place of articulation

2. (dialectal, usually in the plural) sleeping-place, bed

   տեղերը գցել ― teġerə gcʻel ― to make the bed

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References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տեղ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1022b

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տեղ (teł).

Noun

տեղ • (teġ)

1. (archaic) abundant rain
2. (archaic, figuratively) anything falling abundantly from above, shower

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From earlier ետղ (etł), from Proto-Indo-European *sedlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”). Cognates include Ancient Greek (Laconia) ἑλλά (hellá, “seat”), Latin sella (“seat, chair, saddle”), Old Church Slavonic седьло (sedĭlo) (Russian седло (sedlo)), Old High German sezzal (“seat”) (German Sessel) and Old English setl (English settle).

Alternative forms

• ետղ (etł) (more archaic)

Noun

տեղ • (teł)

1. spot, place; post

   ի տեղ ― i teł ― instead, in substitution for, in the place of

   անցանել ի տեղ ուրուք ― ancʻanel i teł urukʻ ― to stand instead of, to supply the place of, to substitute, to replace

   յամենայն տեղ ― yamenayn teł ― everywhere; always

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Descendants

• Armenian: տեղ (teġ)

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙyan considers a Classical Syriac borrowing, comparing Classical Syriac ܛܠܐ (ṭalāʼ, “dew”) and noting the alternative form տաղ- (tał-) found in the derived term տաղատարափ (tałatarapʻ).

Noun

տեղ • (teł)

1. abundant rain
2. (figuratively) anything falling abundantly from above, shower

   տեղային ի ձեզ զտեղ երկնաւոր շնորհիցն ― tełayin i jez zteł erknawor šnorhicʻn ― heavenly graces rained thick upon you

   տեղ ոսկի տեղայր ի փեսայութեանն Արտաշիսի ― teł oski tełayr i pʻesayutʻeann Artašisi ― gold fell in showers at the nuptials of Artashes

Declension

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Descendants

• → Armenian: տեղ (teġ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press