կտուց

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian կտուց (ktucʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կտուց • (ktucʻ)

  1. beak, bill

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. May contain the suffix -ուց (-ucʻ).

Noun

կտուց • (ktucʻ)

  1. beak, bill

Declension

Derived terms

  • կարմրակտուց (karmraktucʻ)
  • կորակտուց (koraktucʻ)
  • կռակտուց (kṙaktucʻ)
  • կտցար (ktcʻar)
  • կտցաւոր (ktcʻawor)
  • կտցեմ (ktcʻem)
  • սրակտուց (sraktucʻ)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: կտնուց (ktnucʻ), կտունց (ktuncʻ)
  • Armenian: կտուց (ktucʻ)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կտուց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կտուց”, 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 678a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 609, tentatively compares to Dargwa къудкъуди (ɢudɢudi, beak) and suspects a Northeast Caucasian borrowing; for this word see Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*GwēṭV ~ *GēṭwV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1988) “О соотношении хайасского и армянского языков [On the Interrelation of the Ḫayaša and Armenian Languages]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 69 of 68–88, derives from a Georgian-Zan descendant of Proto-Kartvelian *ḳrṭ-, whence Georgian ნისკარტი (nisḳarṭi, beak, bill)
  • Djahukian, Gevork B. (1990) “Did Armenians Live in Asia Anterior Before the Twelfth Century B.C.?”, in T. L. Markey and J. A. C. Greppin, editors, When Worlds Collide: Indo-Europeans and Pre-Indo-Europeans, Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers, page 31 of 25–33, the same as in 1988
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