կղկղանք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kəχkəˈʁɑŋkʰ]
  • Hyphenation: կըղ‧կը‧ղանք

Noun

կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ)

  1. (formal) excrements, faeces

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

կղկղեմ (kłkłem) + -անք (-ankʿ)

Noun

կղկղանք (kłkłankʿ) pl

  1. excrements, evacuation (any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs)
  2. (figuratively) scum; waste, loss
    կղկղանք հրահալացkłkłankʿ hrahalacʿscoria, dross, slag
    կղկղանաց սովորութինkłkłanacʿ sovorutʿinold customs, obsolete usages
    իբրեւ զկղկղանս համարել զամենայնibrew zkłkłans hamarel zamenaynto look upon, or to count all things as but dross

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կղել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 602a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), կղկղանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կղկղանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 348b
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