ծին

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծին (cin).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡sin]

Noun

ծին • (cin)

1. the act of giving birth, delivery (of animals)
2. the time of giving birth (of animals)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os.

Noun

ծին • (cin)

1. birth, delivery

   ի ծնէ ― i cnē ― by birth; from one's birth

   կոյր ի ծնէ ― koyr i cnē ― born-blind, blind from his birth

   զծնէ կաղն գնացուցանել ― zcnē kałn gnacʿucʿanel ― to cause the born lame to walk

2. (figuratively) origin, source, rise, birth
3. (figuratively) base (of a mountain)
4. (anatomy) womb, uterus
5. spot, sign

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 342
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy