արտալա

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Armenian[edit]

Արտալա is no. 14 in this illustration taken from Melikʻ-Baxtameancʻ 1899

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Armenian արտալայ (artalay).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

արտալա (artala) (dialectal)

  1. beef shank
    Coordinate term: զինգ (zing)
  2. a khash made from beef shank
  3. (by extension) any lean and low-value cut of meat
  4. (figuratively) an unwanted accompanying person brought by the guest

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Further reading[edit]

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “արտալայ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 282a
  • Melikʻ-Baxtameancʻ, Yakovb (1899) Tantikin ew xohanocʻ [Housewife and cuisine]‎[1] (in Armenian), Tiflis: Yovhannēs Martiroseancʻ Press, pages 17, 18, 34, 298, glosses with Russian булдышка (buldyška)
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “արտալա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 135c