թափք

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian թափք (tʻapʻkʻ).

Alternative forms

  • թամք (tʻamkʻ) (misspelling)
  • թափ (tʻapʻ)

Noun

թափք • (tʻapʻkʻ)

  1. sheath, scabbard
Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թափք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 166a

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Armenian թամբք (tʻambkʻ) and so a by-form of թամք (tʻamkʻ, saddle; body of a cart). Possibly contaminated with թափք (tʻapʻkʻ, sheath, scabbard): for the sense association compare Russian кузов (kuzov, basket; body of a carriage).

Noun

թափք • (tʻapʻkʻ)

  1. body (of a car or a cart)
Declension

Old Armenian

Noun

թափք • (tʻapʻkʻ)

  1. nominative plural of թափ (tʻapʻ)
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