էսնաֆ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish اصناف (esnaf).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

էսնաֆ (ēsnaf)

  1. (historical) esnaf (a guild or corporation in the Ottoman Empire)
  2. (dialectal) artisan, tradesman
    Synonym: արհեստավոր (arhestavor)
  3. (dialectal, cant) homosexual
    Synonym: միասեռական (miaseṙakan)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “էսնաֆ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages