թլիփ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թլիպ (tʻlip)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թլիփ (tʻlipʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թլիփ • (tʻlipʻ)

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is “border, hem (especially a round one)”. The senses “privy parts; prepuce” are a back-formation from թլփատեմ (tʻlpʻatem, to cut the foreskin round about, to circumcise) by post-classical authors.

Noun

թլիփ • (tʻlipʻ)

  1. a band sewn unto the borders of the collar or pockets for durability or as an ornament
  2. an arc of antimony drawn under the eyelashes
    թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանցtʻlipʻ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʻ zantaṙs artewanancʻdrawing an arc (of antimony) she embellished the eyelashes
  3. (post-Classical) the privy parts
  4. (post-Classical) prepuce

Usage notes

Some dictionaries wrongly gloss the word as “decoration, ornament” misunderstanding the passage թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանց (tʻlipʻ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʻ zantaṙs artewanancʻ).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: թլիփ (tʻlipʻ) (learned)

References

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