պայուսակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պայուսակ (payusak)

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pɑjusɑ́k]
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [pɑjsɑ́k]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑjusɑ́ɡ]
    • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [bɑjsɑ́ɡ]
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Noun

պայուսակ • (payusak)

  1. bag
    Synonym: (colloquial) սումկա (sumka)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • (1st sense only, in Baṙgirkʿ Hayocʿ) պայսուակ (paysuak), պաւակս (pawaks)
  • (2nd sense only) ապաւասիկ (apawasik), պայուասիկ (payuasik), պայռասիկ (payṙasik) (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptwʾsk' /⁠paywāsīg⁠/, “leather bag, wallet”), Classical Persian پیداوسی (paydāwasī), پنداوسی (pandâvasi, “leather (money)bag”). Also borrowed from Iranian: Classical Syriac ܦܝܘܣܝܓ (pywsyg /⁠pəyōsīḡ⁠/, “collar, noose, snare”), Old Georgian პავასაკი (ṗavasaḳi, “bag, sack”).

Noun

պայուսակ • (payusak)

  1. bag, pouch
    պայուսակ որսոյ ― payusak orsoy ― game-bag
    պայուսակ ուղեւորաց ― payusak ułeworacʻ ― cloak-bag
    պայուսակ կշռոց նենգութեան ― payusak kšṙocʻ nengutʻean ― bag of false weights
  2. a measure of weight equal to 50 լիտր (litr)

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: պայուսակ (payusak)

References

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