տոհմ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տոհմ (tohm). Doublet of թոխում (tʻoxum).

Pronunciation

Noun

տոհմ (tohm)

  1. family, race, line

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian 𐫤𐫇𐫍𐫖 (twhm /⁠tōhm⁠/, seed; family), (twhmk' /⁠tōhmag⁠/, seed; stock, family), Parthian 𐫤𐫇𐫟𐫖 (twxm /⁠tōxm⁠/, seed; line, race), Persian تخم (toxm).

Noun

տոհմ (tohm)

  1. family, race, line

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: տոհմ (tohm)
  • Old Georgian: ტომი (ṭomi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տոհմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տոհմ”, 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 913
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տոհմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy