շալակ

From Middle Armenian շալակ (šalak), from Old Armenian շալակ (šalak).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑˈlɑk]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑˈlɑɡ]

շալակ • (šalak)

1. shoulders; back

   Synonym: թիկունք (tʿikunkʿ)

2. load that can be carried on the back

   Synonym: շալակաբեռ (šalakabeṙ)

• → Azerbaijani: şele
• → Turkish: şeleg, şelek, şele
• → Udi: шӏалакӏ (š:alaḳ)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շալակ”, 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 481a
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 113

Probably borrowed from Iranian together with Arabic شَلَّاق‎ (šallāq, “beggar’s knapsack”), but the details are uncertain. See the Arabic for more.

շալակ • (šalak)

1. sack

   Synonyms: պարկ (park), մախաղ (maxał)

2. litter, sedan chair

   Synonym: պատգարակ (patgarak)

3. load

   Synonym: բեռն (beṙn)

4. shoulders; back

   Synonyms: կռնակ (kṙnak), թիկունք (tʿikunkʿ)

5. marginal or interlinear correction in a text

• շալակամատն (šalakamatn)
• շալակեմ (šalakem)

• Middle Armenian: շալակ (šalak)
  • Armenian: շալակ (šalak)
    • → Azerbaijani: şele
    • → Turkish: şeleg, şelek, şele
    • → Udi: шӏалакӏ (š:alaḳ)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շալակ”, 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, pages 480–481
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “շալակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շալակ”, 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 272
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “շալակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 566
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “շալակ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 244, 941
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շալակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy