ատափխանա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian ادبخانه‎ (adabxâne).

Noun

ատափխանա • (atapʿxana) (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. water closet, latrine
    Synonym: զուգարան (zugaran)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 3:[1]
      ատափխանայ․ տէսթռօ
      atapʿxanay; tēstʿṙō
      ատափխանայ (atapʿxanay) = destro

References
  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 214
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