տիկին

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian տիկին (tikin).

Pronunciation

Noun

տիկին • (tikin)

  1. married woman; lady, madam
    տիկնայք և պարոնայքtiknaykʻ ew paronaykʻladies and gentlemen
  2. (form of address) Mrs., madame, ma'am
    Synonym: տ-ն (t-n)
    տիկին Ռոբինսոնtikin ṘobinsonMrs. Robinson.
  3. wife

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: ტიკინი (ṭiḳini)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *տի- (*ti-, of the house) + կին (kin, woman). The first component is also found in տէր (tēr) and տի-եզերք (ti-ezerkʻ) and is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déms, the genitive of *dṓm (house).

Noun

տիկին • (tikin)

  1. lady, woman
    տիկնանց տիկինtiknancʻ tikinqueen
    տիկին երկնիցtikin erknicʻ(figuratively) queen of heaven, moon
    տիկին վանացtikin vanacʻsuperioress, abbess

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տիկին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 406ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տիկին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Meillet, Antoine (1898) “Letto-Slavica”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 10, page 138 of 135–142
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 671
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տիկին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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