Armenian

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The spelling of this entry has been normalized from տըղա̈մա̊ն according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From տղա (tġa)աման (aman), literally "boy receptacle". Typologically compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwsdʾn' /⁠pusyān⁠/), Persian زهدان (zehdân, uterus), Northern Kurdish p’izdan (placenta).[1]

Noun

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տղաման (tġaman)[2]

  1. (dialectal, Moks) womb, uterus
    Synonym: արգանդ (argand)

References

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  1. ^ Asatrian, G., Livshits, V. (1994) “Origine du système consonantique de la langue kurde”, in Acta Kurdica, volume 1, page 82 of 81–108
  2. ^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “տըղա̈մա̊ն”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1)‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 335