ճկոյթ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The older spelling is ծկոյթ (ckoytʻ), from *ծլկոյթ (*clkoytʻ), from *ծուլկոյթ (*culkoytʻ), borrowed from a Georgian-Zan language: compare Laz წულუ კითი (ǯulu ǩiti, pinky, literally small finger).

Noun

ճկոյթ • (čkoytʻ)

  1. little finger, pinky
    կապել զոք ի ճկոյթն իւրkapel zokʻ i čkoytʻn iwrto conquer, to overcome

Declension

Derived terms

  • ճկոյթամայր (čkoytʻamayr)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճկույթ (čkuytʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճկոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճկոյթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճկոյթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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