# թուխու
## Armenian
### Etymology

Attested in the Aṙtial (Transylvania) dialect area which was spoken by the Armenian diaspora in Romania, Hungary and Poland, some of whom immigrated from Crimea. See also լոսդի (losdi), թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ) with a similar philological context.
A Turkic borrowing: compare Armeno-Kipchak դուղու-պալըխ (tuγu-balïχ), դուխու-պալըխ (tuχu-balïχ, “sturgeon”), Siberian Tatar тоғы (toɣɨ, “sturgeon”), Turkmen doky (“beluga”), Shor тог (tog, “perch”), Northern Altai туглы (tuglï, “Brachymystax”). Hungarian tok (“sturgeon”) is borrowed from the same source. For the ultimate origin see EDAL and Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen, without the Armenian, the latter citing also a Siberian Tatar tuɣu.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tʰuˈχu/, [tʰuχú]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /tuˈχu/, [tʰuχú]

### Noun

թուխու • (tʻuxu) (Ardeal)
* a kind of sturgeon
    Hypernym: թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ)
** finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx.)

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | թուխու (tʻuxu) | թուխուներ (tʻuxuner) |
| dative | թուխուի (tʻuxui) | թուխուների (tʻuxuneri) |
| ablative | թուխուից (tʻuxuicʻ) | թուխուներից (tʻuxunericʻ) |
| instrumental | թուխուով (tʻuxuov) | թուխուներով (tʻuxunerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | թուխուն (tʻuxun) | թուխուները/թուխուներն (tʻuxunerə/tʻuxunern) |
| dative | թուխուին (tʻuxuin) | թուխուներին (tʻuxunerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | թուխուս (tʻuxus) | թուխուներս (tʻuxuners) |
| dative | թուխուիս (tʻuxuis) | թուխուներիս (tʻuxuneris) |
| ablative | թուխուիցս (tʻuxuicʻs) | թուխուներիցս (tʻuxunericʻs) |
| instrumental | թուխուովս (tʻuxuovs) | թուխուներովս (tʻuxunerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | թուխուդ (tʻuxud) | թուխուներդ (tʻuxunerd) |
| dative | թուխուիդ (tʻuxuid) | թուխուներիդ (tʻuxunerid) |
| ablative | թուխուիցդ (tʻuxuicʻd) | թուխուներիցդ (tʻuxunericʻd) |
| instrumental | թուխուովդ (tʻuxuovd) | թուխուներովդ (tʻuxunerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*­togV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Benkő L., editor (1993–1997), “tok”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen I–III [The Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (in German), Vol. 1: A–kop (1993), vol. 2: Kor–zs (1995), vol. 3: index (1997), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 1525a
* ↑ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թուխու”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 234
* ↑ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “esturgeon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 493a

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թուխու”, 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, pages 204–205, considering the origin unknown
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թուխու”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 274b, considering the origin unknown
* Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Hausen”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 819a
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուխու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 229b
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “թուխու”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 142b