տառեխ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- տառեխ (taṙex) – Alashkert, dialectological notation
- տառեխ (taṙex), տարեխ (tarex) – Muş, dialectological notation
- տա՛ռէխ (táṙēx) – Ararat, dialectological notation
- տառէղ (taṙēł) – Erzurum, dialectological notation
- տա՛ռռէխ (táṙṙēx) – Goris, dialectological notation
- տա՛ռռէխ (táṙṙēx), տա՛ռռըխ (táṙṙəx), տա՛ռէխ (táṙēx) – Karabakh, dialectological notation
- տառախ (taṙax) – Agulis, dialectological notation
- դայեխ (dayex, “any dried fish”) – Haçin, dialectological notation
Etymology
From Middle Armenian տարեխ (tarex).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [tɑˈrɛχ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [dɑˈɾɛχ]
- Hyphenation: տա‧ռեխ
Noun
տառեխ • (taṙex)
- tarek, pearl mullet, Van fish, Alburnus tarichi (especially in a dried and salted form)
Usage notes
The word does not exist in Van dialect, where the fish is simply called Վանա ձուկ (Vana juk, “Van fish”).
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | տառեխ (taṙex) | տառեխներ (taṙexner) | ||
| dative | տառեխի (taṙexi) | տառեխների (taṙexneri) | ||
| ablative | տառեխից (taṙexicʿ) | տառեխներից (taṙexnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | տառեխով (taṙexov) | տառեխներով (taṙexnerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | տառեխը/տառեխն (taṙexə/taṙexn) | տառեխները/տառեխներն (taṙexnerə/taṙexnern) | ||
| dative | տառեխին (taṙexin) | տառեխներին (taṙexnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | տառեխս (taṙexs) | տառեխներս (taṙexners) | ||
| dative | տառեխիս (taṙexis) | տառեխներիս (taṙexneris) | ||
| ablative | տառեխիցս (taṙexicʿs) | տառեխներիցս (taṙexnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | տառեխովս (taṙexovs) | տառեխներովս (taṙexnerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | տառեխդ (taṙexd) | տառեխներդ (taṙexnerd) | ||
| dative | տառեխիդ (taṙexid) | տառեխներիդ (taṙexnerid) | ||
| ablative | տառեխիցդ (taṙexicʿd) | տառեխներիցդ (taṙexnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | տառեխովդ (taṙexovd) | տառեխներովդ (taṙexnerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- ծովատառեխ (covataṙex)
Descendants
- → English: tarek
- → Northern Kurdish: darex
- → Russian: таре́х (taréx)
- → Turkish: darık
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տառեխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 377ab