ձու
Armenian (Eastern)
[d͡zu]
noun
Definitions
- egg
- (anatomy) ovum
- (slang) testicle, ball
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Armenian ձու (egg) inherited from Old Armenian ձու (egg) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ōwyóm
Gloss
egg
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
卵
Emoji
🍳 🐓 🐔 🐣 🐤
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ovulum Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- -ա- Armenian
- գիծ Armenian
- ձեւ Armenian
- ձվագիծ Armenian
- ձվաձեւ Armenian
- ձվարան Armenian
- خایه Persian
- Ձուիկ Old Armenian
- ձու Old Armenian
- ve Albanian
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- hêk Northern Kurdish
- *Hāwyám Proto-Iranian
- ձու Middle Armenian
- ձուածեղ Middle Armenian
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic
- xa Southern Kurdish