Armenian

Noun

կասկ • ‎(kask)

1. (archaic) pearl barley
2. (archaic) food made of pearl barley, similar to harissa

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian կասկ ‎(kask); see it for more.

Noun

կասկ • ‎(kask)

1. (archaic) chestnut

Declension

References

• “կասկ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Munji [script needed] ‎(kåsk, “barley”), Yazgulyam [script needed] ‎(kåsk, “barley”), Persian کشک ‎(kašk, “barley”).

Noun

կասկ • ‎(kask)

1. pearl barley
2. food made of pearl barley, similar to harissa

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean/Pontic substrate, found also in Ancient Greek κάστανον ‎(kástanon).

Noun

կասկ • ‎(kask)

1. chestnut

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: կասկ ‎(kask)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կասկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կասկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կասկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 353