ցին

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian ցին (cʿin).

Noun

ցին (cʿin)

  1. kite (bird)
    Synonym: ուրուր (urur)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian ցին (cʿin).

Noun

ցին (cʿin) (dialectal)

  1. feces inside animal entrails
    Synonym: փսոր (pʿsor)
  2. dried manure that is spread under farm animals
Declension

Further reading

  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “ցին”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 643a
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1945), “ցին”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 466c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “ցին”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 272b
  • Tʿuršyan, Harutʿyun (2018), “ցին”, in Baṙaran Vani barbaṙi [Dictionary of Van Dialect] (in Armenian), compiled and edited by Haykanuš Mesropyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 222b

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Likely related to dialectal ցան (cʿan) and inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sken-, from *sek- (to cut, cut off). See ցանեմ (cʿanem) for more.

Noun

ցին (cʿin)

  1. feces inside animal entrails
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Shorter recension C based on a manuscript written in 1400:
      Գնայ ի յորձանս ջուրց, բանայ զբերանն եւ զջուրն ի փորն առնու եւ ողողէ զամենայն աղիսն եւ զորովայնն, մինչեւ գիտենայ, որ ոչ մնայ աղտեղութիւն եւ ցին ի փորն։ Եւ թէ մնացեալ լինի յաղտոյ ինչ եւ կամ ցին յաղիսն, այն նեխեալ սպանանէ զարջն, եւ այլ ոչ կենդանանայ։
      Gnay [arǰn] i yorjans ǰurcʿ, banay zberann ew zǰurn i pʿorn aṙnu ew ołołē zamenayn ałisn ew zorovaynn, minčʿew gitenay, or očʿ mnay ałtełutʿiwn ew cʿin i pʿorn. [] Ew tʿē mnacʿeal lini yałtoy inčʿ ew kam cʿin yałisn, ayn nexeal spananē zarǰn, ew ayl očʿ kendananay.
      goes to water currents, opens his mouth and takes the water into his entrails and rinses all of the intestines and the stomach until he knows that no uncleanness and feces are left in the entrails. And if any of excrements or feces are left in the intestines, they kill the bear by putrefying, and he does not revive again.

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցին (cʿin)

References

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 180

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱyīno-. Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćyaynás (falcon), Ancient Greek ἴκτινος (íktinos, kite).

Noun

ցին (cʿin)

  1. kite (bird)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

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