փեթակ

Armenian

Փեթակներ

Etymology

From Old Armenian փեթակ (pʿetʿak).

Pronunciation

Noun

փեթակ • (pʿetʿak)

  1. hive, beehive
  2. (dialectal) container, box, case, bin (for flour, grain, ashes, bird feed etc.)
    Synonym: արկղ (arkġ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • փեթակաթող (pʿetʿakatʿoġ)
  • փեթակակալ (pʿetʿakakal)
  • փեթականոց (pʿetʿakanocʿ)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: pətək
  • Northern Kurdish: pêtag, pêtek, pêtak
  • Turkish: petek

See also

  • մեղվաբույն (meġvabuyn)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փեթակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 493–494
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), փեթակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Iranian word related to Sanskrit पेटक (peṭaka, little basket, casket, box). The Armenian dialects preserve the more basic meaning.

Noun

փեթակ • (pʿetʿak) (post-Classical)

  1. hive, beehive
    Synonyms: մեղուանոց (mełuanocʿ), մեղուաբոյն (mełuaboyn)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: փեթակ (pʿetʿak)
    • Azerbaijani: pətək
    • Northern Kurdish: pêtag, pêtek, pêtak
    • Turkish: petek

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փեթակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 493–494
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փեթակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), փեթակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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