թութակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian թութակ (tʻutʻak).

Pronunciation

Noun

թութակ • (tʻutʻak)

  1. parrot

Declension

Derived terms

  • թութակաբար (tʻutʻakabar)
  • թութակորեն (tʻutʻakoren)

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դուդաք (dudakʻ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian توتک (tutak), which is related to طوطی (tuti).

Noun

թութակ • (tʻutʻak)

  1. parrot

Descendants

  • Armenian: թութակ (tʻutʻak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թութակ”, 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 203a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 264
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “թութակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
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