diržas

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Etymology[edit]

Of unclear origin.[1] Smoczynski tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ-; compare dar̃žas (vegetable garden), as well as possibly Proto-Germanic *targǭ (edge, rim, border) (whence English target). Compare also Polish dzierżyć (to hold),[2] itself from Proto-Slavic *dьržati (to hold), as well as Ancient Greek δράσσομαι (drássomai, to clutch, grasp with the hand).[3] Avestan [script needed] (dərəz-, fetter) is unrelated, despite similar phonetics and semantics.

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Noun[edit]

dir̃žas m (plural diržaĩ) stress pattern 4 [4]

  1. belt
    1. (for a waist):
    2. (for a machine or an engine):

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “dzierżeć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dir̃žti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 116-7
  4. ^ “diržas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.