ճարակ

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑɾɑ́k]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑɾɑ́ɡ]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարակ (čarak). Doublet of չարա (čʻara).

ճարակ • (čarak)

1. means, remedy

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարակ (čarak).

ճարակ • (čarak)

1. feed, animal food, forage, fodder, provender
2. (figuratively) food, fodder (anything that nourishes or sustains); prey

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾlk' /⁠čārag⁠/, “means, remedy”), Persian چاره (čâre, “remedy, help, solution”). See ճար (čar) for more.

ճարակ • (čarak)

1. means, remedy

   ճար եւ ճարակ առնել ― čar ew čarak aṙnel ― to find a remedy; to repair, to redeem, to retrieve, to make reparation or amends for

• ճար (čar)

• Armenian: ճարակ (čarak), ճար-ճարակ (čar-čarak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 191a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 188
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clk' /⁠čarag⁠/, “grazing, pasture; flock”), Persian چرا (čarâ, “pasturing, grazing”), Northern Kurdish çêre (“pasture, pasturage, grazing ground”). For the development of the sense "land, district" compare Middle Armenian կեր (ker, “food; district”) and the etymology of apanage.

ճարակ • (čarak)

1. feed, animal food, forage, fodder, provender
2. (figuratively) food, fodder (anything that nourishes or sustains); prey

   ճարակ հրոյ ― čarak hroy ― fuel, combustible

   ճարակ լինել ― čarak linel ― to be food to, the prey of, a prey to

   հրոյ ճարակ լինել, մատնիլ ― hroy čarak linel, matnil ― to be a prey to the flames, to he burnt, devoured, consumed by fire

   սրոյ ճարակ լինել, մատնիլ ― sroy čarak linel, matnil ― to perish by the sword

   սրոյ ճարակ տալ ― sroy čarak tal ― to put to the edge of the sword, to slay

   ճարակ գտանել ― čarak gtanel ― to spread over, to wind or creep about

   ճարակ տալ հերձուածոց ― čarak tal herjuacocʻ ― to keep up, to foment divisions

   բազմախողխող երկաթոյն նա տայր ի ճարակ ― bazmaxołxoł erkatʻoyn na tayr i čarak ― he mowed them down with the murderous steel, or sweeping brand

   գիտութիւնք ճարակ են մտաց ― gitutʻiwnkʻ čarak en mtacʻ ― knowledge is the food of the mind

3. land, district

• ասպաճարակական (aspačarakakan)

• → Armenian: ճարակ (čarak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 191ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 188
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 246
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy