կոտակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գօ̈դէ̀գ (gödḕg) – Sivas, dialectological notation

Etymology

From Old Armenian կոտակ (kotak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կոտակ • (kotak) (superlative ամենակոտակ)

  1. (dialectal) little, short (of stature)

Declension

Further reading

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

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwtk' /kōdak/, “young, small; baby”), Persian کودک‎ (kudak, “child”), and see the latter for more.

Related to Old Armenian կոտիկ (kotik, “young of an animal”), also from Iranian.

Adjective

կոտակ • (kotak)

  1. little, short (of stature)

Usage notes

Attested only as the epithet of Khosrov III Kotak.

Descendants

  • Armenian: կոտակ (kotak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կոտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կոտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 173
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կոտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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