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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Armenian թրթուր (tʻrtʻur).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tırtıl
- caterpillar
- caterpillar track
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طرتیل (tırtıl, “caterpillar”), by dissimilation from earlier طرطر (tırtır, “caterpillar”), from Armenian թրթուր (tʻrtʻur).[1][2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
Noun
tırtıl (definite accusative tırtılı, plural tırtıllar)
- caterpillar
Declension
See also
References
- ^ Bittner, Maximilian (1900) “Kleine Mittheilungen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 14, page 163
- ^ Kraelitz-Greifenhorst, Friedrich von (1911) “Armenische Lehnwörter im Türkischen”, in Handes Amsorya, volume 25, numbers 4–5 (overall work in German and Armenian), Vienna, column 261
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թրթուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 215a
- ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 51
- ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “tırtıl”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 407b