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Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian (twhtn', twc- /tōxtan, tōz-/, “to atone, expiate”), Persian توختن (tuxtan, “to pay a debt”). Doublet of տուգան (tugan).
Noun
տոյժ • (toyž)
- sanction, penalty
Usage notes
Usually used in the plural.
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տոյժ”, 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) “տոյժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 253
- 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) “տոյժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy