զերտևա

զերտևա

Armenian

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زردوا‎ (zerdeva).

Noun

զերտևա • (zertewa) (dialectal, obsolete)

1. pine marten, Martes martes (animal and its fur)

   Synonym: անտառային կզաքիս (antaṙayin kzakʿis)

   Hypernym: կզաքիս (kzakʿis)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]

     զէրտավայ․ մառթօռէ

     zērtavay; maṙtʿōṙē

     զէրտավայ (zērtavay) = martora

Alternative forms

• զերտավա (zertava), զերտա (zerta)
• զէրտէվա (zērtēva), զէրտէվայ (zērtēvay), զերտավայ (zertavay), զերտայ (zertay) – traditional orthography spelling

References

1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զերտայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 93a