դելփին

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դելփին (delpʻin).

Pronunciation

Noun

դելփին • (delpʻin)

  1. Rare form of դելֆին (delfin).

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դելփիս (delpʻis), դլփին (dlpʻin), տլփին (tlpʻin), դլբին (dlbin), տլբին (tlbin), թելփին (tʻelpʻin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), later form of δελφίς (delphís, dolphin), whence the spelling դելփիս (delpʻis).

Noun

դելփին • (delpʻin)

  1. dolphin

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: դելփին (delpʻin), դլփին (dlpʻin)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դելփին”, 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) “դելփին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դելփին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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