տիվիթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دویت (divit), ultimately from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Pronunciation

(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /diˈvit/, [divítʰ]

Noun

տիվիթ • (tivitʻ) (Nor Nakhichevan, obsolete)

inkstand, a pencase with inkwell, worn in the girdle by scribes
Synonyms: թանաքաման (tʻanakʻaman), գրչաման (grčʻaman)

Usage notes

Malxasjan glosses դիվիթ (divitʻ) with "ink" and դիվիթաման (divitʻaman) (containing աման (aman)) with "inkstand". But this contradicts all other dictionaries which know only the sense "inkstand" for the first word and do not know the second word at all.

Alternative forms

դվիթ (dvitʻ) — other dialects
դիվիթ (divitʻ) — Eastern Armenian orthography

Derived terms

դվիթ-ղալամ (dvitʻ-ġalam)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիվիթ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 338
J̌alašyan, Geworg (2012) “դիվիթ”, in Nor Naxiǰewani barbaṙi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Nor Nakhichevan dialect]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Rostov-on-Don: Staryje russkije, →ISBN, page 133a
Malxasjan, A. G. (2001) “դիվիթ”, in Армянско-русский словарь диалекта донских (нахичеванских) армян. Корни слов и фамилий [Armenian–Russian Dictionary of the Dialect of Don (Nakhichevan) Armenians. Roots of Words and Surnames], Rostov-on-Don: Издательство Северо-Кавказского научного центра высшей школы, →ISBN, pages 3, 45
Patkanean, Ṙapʻayēl (1870) “տիվիթ”, in Žoġovacoykʻ ōtarazgi baṙeri Nor Naxiǰewancʻocʻ lezui mēǰ mtac [A collection of foreign words in the dialect of Nor Nakhichevan]‎^[2], Saint Petersburg: Ō. V. Landsberg's Press, page 29
Pʻorkʻšeyan, X. A. (1971) Nor Naxiǰewani hay žoġovrdakan banahyusutʻyunə [The Armenian folklore of Nor Nakhichevan] (Hay azgagrutʻyun ew banahyusutʻyun: Nyutʻer ew usumnasirutʻyunner; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 217a
Riggs, Elias (1847) “տիվիթ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 142a
Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “դվիթ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 349b