ցոյց

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewsḱ-, grown from *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive; to observe”).

ցոյց • (cʻoycʻ)

1. show, indication, example

   ցոյցս առնել ― cʻoycʻs aṙnel ― to show, to show off, to make parade or display of, to display

   առնել ինչ ի ցոյցս մարդկան ― aṙnel inčʻ i cʻoycʻs mardkan ― to do any thing so as to be seen of men, ostentatiously, for mere show, to obtain applause fraudulently

   ցոյց բարեկամութեան ― cʻoycʻ barekamutʻean ― show of friendship

   ցոյց մեծարանաց ― cʻoycʻ mecaranacʻ ― demonstration of respect

   ի ցոյց, ի ցոյցս, ի ցոյցս ինչ ― i cʻoycʻ, i cʻoycʻs, i cʻoycʻs inčʻ ― only for show, for pretence, for ostentation

2. proof

   հաստատուն ցոյց ― hastatun cʻoycʻ ― plain proof

3. spectacle, laughing-stock, butt

   լինել ի ցոյցս ― linel i cʻoycʻs ― to be exposed to mockery or contempt, to be the laughing-stock, the butt of

   զոմանս ցոյց առնել ի խրատ այլոց ― zomans cʻoycʻ aṙnel i xrat aylocʻ ― to hold up to opprobrium for example to others

• քաւ (kʻaw) (possibly)

• Armenian: ցույց (cʻuycʻ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցոյց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցոյց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցոյց”, 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, pages 460–461
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 588
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ցոյց”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 744b