փեթակ

Armenian

Փեթակներ

Etymology

From Old Armenian փեթակ (pʿetʿak).

Pronunciation

Noun

փեթակ (pʿetʿak)

  1. hive, beehive
  2. (dialectal) container, box, case, bin (for flour, grain, ashes, bird feed etc.)
    Synonym: արկղ (arkł)

Declension

Derived terms

  • փեթակաթող (pʿetʿakatʿoł)
  • փեթակակալ (pʿetʿakakal)
  • փեթականոց (pʿetʿakanocʿ)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: pətək
  • Northern Kurdish: pêtag, pêtek, pêtak
  • Turkish: petek

See also

  • մեղվաբույն (mełvabuyn)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փեթակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 493–494
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), փեթակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Iranian word related to Sanskrit पेटक (peṭaka, little basket, casket, box). The Armenian dialects preserve the more basic meaning.

Noun

փեթակ (pʿetʿak) (post-Classical)

  1. hive, beehive
    Synonyms: մեղուանոց (mełuanocʿ), մեղուաբոյն (mełuaboyn)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: փեթակ (pʿetʿak)
    • Azerbaijani: pətək
    • Northern Kurdish: pêtag, pêtek, pêtak
    • Turkish: petek

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փեթակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 493–494
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փեթակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փեթակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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