արկղ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արկղ (arkł).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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արկղ (arkġ)

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

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἄρκλα (árkla), from Vulgar Latin arcla, from Latin arcula (small chest).

Noun

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արկղ (arkł)

  1. chest, trunk, box
    Synonym: սնտուկ (sntuk)
    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

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արկղ (arkġ) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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, Matatʻeay (1879) “արկղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy