ձաղկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձաղկ (jałk).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձաղկ • (jaġk)

  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 (jaġtel).

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, մազ ― jałk herkʻ, maz ― bristled up hair, hair set on end

Declension

Derived terms

  • բարձրաձաղկ (barjrajałk)
  • ձաղկահեր (jałkaher)
  • ձաղկամազ (jałkamaz)
  • ձաղկանք (jałkankʻ)
  • ձաղկեմ (jałkem)
  • ձաղկումն (jałkumn)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: ձաղկ (jaġk)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձաղկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձաղկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձաղկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, page 429
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