արկղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արկղ (arkł).

Pronunciation

Noun

արկղ (arkł)

  1. box, case, coffer
    Synonyms: տուփ (tupʿ), (colloquial) յաշիկ (yašik), (dialectal) փեթակ (pʿetʿak)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin arcla, from Latin arcula (small chest).

Noun

արկղ (arkł)

  1. chest, trunk, box
    դնել յարկեղdnel yarkełto pack up, to put in a chest
    հանել յարկեղէhanel yarkełēto unpack
  2. money box
  3. box where bones of the deceased are kept, ossuary

Declension

Synonyms

  • (chest, trunk, box): սնտուկ (sntuk)

Derived terms

  • արկղագործ (arkłagorc)
  • արկղակերտ (arkłakert)
  • արկղիկ (arkłik)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արկղ (arkł) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արկղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արկղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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