արտի

Old Armenian

Etymology

By surface analysis, արտ (art, “field”) +‎ -ի (-i), literally meaning “wild, undomesticated”.[1] The formation is perhaps reconstructible up to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos.[2]

Noun

արտի • (arti)

  1. wild sheep
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography]:
      Ունի լերինս մեծս երիս․ ունի երէս, եղջերու, այծ եւ քաղս, առն եւ արտի, վիթ, եւ կըկիթ եւ խոզ․ […]
      Uni lerins mecs eris; uni erēs, ełǰeru, ayc ew kʻałs, aṙn ew arti, vitʻ, ew kəkitʻ ew xoz; […]
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “արտիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 382b
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 147

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “արտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 343b
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