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թեւճակ

թեւճակ

Armenian

Noun

թեւճակ (tʿewčak)

  1. oar
  2. (sports) tennis racket
  3. (dated) fastening bar
  4. oversleeve, armlet
  5. (proscribed) fin of a fish

Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), թեւճակ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From թեւ (tʿew). The origin of -ճակ (-čak) is unknown.

Noun

թեւճակ (tʿewčak)

  1. oar
  2. (post-classical, modern, mechanics) fastening bar, tringle
    թեւճակ ի ժամացուցիtʿewčak i žamacʿucʿi ― appendix

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թեւճակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թեւճակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ճակ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48