դակու

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian դակու (daku); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

դակու • (daku)

  1. Alternative form of դակուր (dakur)

Declension

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “դակու”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a Wanderwort related to English dagger. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, to sharpen, whet). The by-form դակուր (dakur) may have arisen due to influence of սակուր (sakur)․ Examine also Hebrew דָּקַר (dakár).

Noun

դակու • (daku)

  1. adze, axe

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: դակու (daku)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դակու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դակու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դակու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 232
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