ջնջեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *ջինջեմ (*ǰinǰem), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰényeti, from *gʷʰen-.

Verb

ջնջեմ (ǰnǰem)

  1. (transitive) to efface, wipe clean
  2. (transitive) to annihilate, destroy
    ջնջել զդաշինսǰnǰel zdašinsto cancel, to annul, to make void a contract

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ջնջել (ǰnǰel)
  • Georgian: ჭინჭი (č̣inč̣i), ჯენჯო (ǯenǯo), ჯინჯი (ǯinǯi, wiping rag)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), ջինջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 128ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), ջնջեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 674–675
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, pages 386, 391
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 559
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ջնջեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 622b
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