ձաղկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձաղկ (jałk).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձաղկ (jałk)

  1. (rare) rod, stick, staff
  2. (rare) beating

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian žalgà (long, thin stake), Proto-Germanic *galgô. See also ձաղտել (jałtel).

Noun

ձաղկ (jałk)

  1. rod, stick, staff, whip, switch (often for beating)
  2. twig, branch
  3. beating, whipping
  4. (as an adjective) straight, upstanding, tense
    ձաղկ հերք, մազjałk herkʿ, mazbristled up hair, hair set on end

Declension

Derived terms

  • բարձրաձաղկ (barjrajałk)
  • ձաղկահեր (jałkaher)
  • ձաղկամազ (jałkamaz)
  • ձաղկանք (jałkankʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ձաղկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ձաղկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձաղկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 429
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