ճահուկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ճահուկ (čahuk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ճահուկ (čahuk)

  1. (archaic) group, pack, flock (of animals)

Usage notes[edit]

Some dictionaries, articles and textbooks claim without foundation that ճահուկ (čahuk) refers specifically to a group of foxes. A claim originally attributable to Gayayean.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “ճահուկ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 193a
  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ճահուկ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 618a
  • Gayayean, Yovhannēs Tʻ. (1983) “խումբ”, in Baṙaran Ganjaran Hayerēn Lezui [Dictionary Thesaurus of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 3rd edition, Beirut: Hamaskaïne W. Sethian Press, page 197
  • Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (2009) “ճահուկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʻean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 695c
  • Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “ճահուկ”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 419b

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A borrowing, but the source is unknown. J̌ahukyan compares Old Armenian ջոկ (ǰok) and Arabic جَوْقَة (jawqa, group of people), both from the same Iranian source.

Noun[edit]

ճահուկ (čahuk)

  1. group, pack, flock (of sheep, foxes, Christ's followers)
  2. encampment (?)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ճահուկ (čahuk)

References[edit]