# ծղխնի
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* ծխնի (cxni), ծխղնի (cxłni), ծխանի (cxani), ծղին (cłin), ճխնի (čxni), ճղան (čłan)

### Etymology

The origin is unknown.
J̌ahukyan compares with ծիղ (cił), ծիլ (cil, “sprout, bud”).
Martirosyan connects with Ancient Greek γίγγλυμος (gínglumos, “hinge, joint, pivot, gudgeon”) and derives both from a Mediterranean substrate word of the shape *ǵinɣl(u)m-, whence Proto-Armenian *ci(n)ɣln- → *cixln- → *ciłxn-i, with the suffix -ի (-i).

### Noun

ծղխնի • (cłxni)
* door hinge
** 5th century, Bible, Proverbs 26.14:Որպէս դուրք շրջին ՚ի ծղխնւոջ, նո՛յնպէս վատ ՚ի մահիճս իւր։Orpēs durkʻ šrǰin ’i cłxnwoǰ, nóynpēs vat ’i mahičs iwr.As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
** 5th century, Bible, 3 Kingdoms 6.34: […] և երկոցունց դրանցն փայտս մայրս երկբացիկս, մի մի դուռն. և ծխնիք նոցա երկբացիկք։[…] ew erkocʻuncʻ drancʻn pʻayts mayrs erkbacʻiks, mi mi duṙn. ew cxnikʻ nocʻa erkbacʻikkʻ.In both the doors were planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned on hinges.
** 5th century, Bible, 1 Chronicles 22.3: […] և երկաթ յոյժ ի բևեռս դրանցն, ի գամս յաւդիցն և ի կրկունս ծխնեացն (var. ճխնեացն)։ Եւ պատրաստեաց Դաւիթ երկաթ և պղինձ, զի ոչ գոյր կշիռ, և փայտ, զի ոչ գոյր թիւ […] […] ew erkatʻ yoyž i beweṙs drancʻn, i gams yawdicʻn ew i krkuns cxneacʻn (var. čxneacʻn). Ew patrasteacʻ Dawitʻ erkatʻ ew płinj, zi očʻ goyr kšiṙ, ew pʻayt, zi očʻ goyr tʻiw […]And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gates; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it.

#### Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Koine Greek στρόφιγξ (stróphinx, “pivot, door hinge”) and στροφεύς (stropheús, “vertebra, door hinge”).

#### Derived terms

* ծըղխնիմ (cəłxnim)
* ծխողնիմ (cxołnim)
* ծղխնեմ (cłxnem)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ծխնի (cxni), (dialectal) ճխան (čxan), ճլխան (člxan)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծղխնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 463ab
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 439
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1990) “Hayereni anhayt cagman baṙarmatnerə [The Armenian Word Roots of Unknown Origin]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, page 71
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 509, 951
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծղխնի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 365a
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016) “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 293–294
* ↑ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 188
* ↑ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 143
* ↑ Xalatʻeancʻ, Grigor (1899) Girkʻ mnacʻordacʻ əst hnagoyn hay tʻargmanutʻean [The Book of Chronicles according to the Oldest Armenian Translation], Moscow: Varvaṙē Gatcʻuk Press, page 40b

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ծղխնի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1019b
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ծղխնի”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 408b
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ծղխնի”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 727c
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծղխնի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 312a