ղենջակ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ղենջակ (łenǰak).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁɛnˈd͡ʒɑk]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁɛnˈt͡ʃʰɑɡ]

ղենջակ • (łenǰak) (rare)

1. apron, napkin, towel

   Synonyms: գոգնոց (gognocʿ), սրբիչ (srbičʿ)

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “ղենջակ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 931a
• Gabamačean, Simon (1910), “ղենջակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 863b
• Ter Xačʿaturean, Artašēs (1992), “ղենջակ”, in Hayocʿ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 33a

• ղենջեակ (łenǰeak), ղանջեակ (łanǰeak), ղենճակ (łenčak)

A borrowing from Ancient Greek λέντιον (léntion), from Latin linteum, but via Iranian, as testified by the presence of suffix -ակ (-ak). Doublet of ղենտի (łenti)

ղենջակ • (łenǰak)

1. apron, napkin, towel

• Armenian: ղենջակ (łenǰak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ղենջակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 167-168
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “ղենջակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 163b
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “ղենջակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 522b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ղենջակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 481b
• Meillet, Antoine (1912–1914), “Hypothèse sur quelques emprunts de l'arménien au latin”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 18, page 350 of 348–350
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017-07-26), “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore; Michel, Cécile; Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 195–196
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ղենջակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 435a