թլիփ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թլիպ (tʿlip)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թլիփ (tʿlipʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թլիփ • (tʿlipʿ)

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is “border, hem (especially a round one)”. The senses “privy parts; prepuce” are a back-formation from թլփատեմ (tʿlpʿatem, to cut the foreskin round about, to circumcise) by post-classical authors.

Noun

թլիփ • (tʿlipʿ)

  1. a band sewn unto the borders of the collar or pockets for durability or as an ornament
  2. an arc of antimony drawn under the eyelashes
    թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանցtʿlipʿ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʿ zantaṙs artewanancʿdrawing an arc (of antimony) she embellished the eyelashes
  3. (post-Classical) the privy parts
  4. (post-Classical) prepuce

Usage notes

Some dictionaries wrongly gloss the word as “decoration, ornament” misunderstanding the passage թլիփ ածեալ (ծարրով) պաճուճեաց զանտառս արտեւանանց (tʿlipʿ aceal (carrov) pačučeacʿ zantaṙs artewanancʿ).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: թլիփ (tʿlipʿ) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թլիփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թլիփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), թլիփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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