ցտեսություն

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ցտեսութիւն (cʻtesutʻiwn) — traditional orthography

Etymology

"Till [the next] meeting, seeing one another", from ց- (cʻ-, “until”) +‎ տեսություն (tesutʻyun, “seeing”). Compare Russian до свида́ния (do svidánija), Georgian ნახვამდის (naxvamdis) for the formation.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰətesuˈtʰjun/, [t͡sʰətesut͡sʰjún]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /stesˈt͡sʰjun/, [stest͡sʰjún]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sədesuˈtʏn/, [t͡sʰədesutʰʏ́n]

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Interjection

ցտեսություն • (cʻtesutʻyun)

1. goodbye

   Synonyms: հաջողություն (haǰoġutʻyun), (colloquial) պակա (paka), (colloquial, rare) ց (cʻ)

Further reading

• Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019) “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 251