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ճանկ

ճանկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

ճանկ (čank)

  1. claw; talon

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian چنگ (čang).

Noun

ճանկ (čank)

  1. hook; drag-hook, cramp iron; grapnel, grappling iron
  2. claw, talon (of an animal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • արծուաճանկ (arcuačank)
  • ճանկխոտ (čankxot)
  • ճանկճանկոտ (čankčankot)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ճանկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ճանկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ճանկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935