չակերտ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian չակերտ (čʻakert).

Pronunciation

Noun

չակերտ (čʻakert)

  1. quotation mark, guillemet

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From չա (čʻa, the name of the Armenian letter չ (čʻ)) +‎ -կերտ (-kert, created), because the quotation marks are similar to the top of the Armenian letter չ (čʻ).

Noun

չակերտ (čʻakert)

  1. quotation mark, guillemet

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: չակերտ (čʻakert)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չակերտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չակերտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չակերտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy