թոշակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թոշակ (tʻošak).

Pronunciation

Noun

թոշակ • (tʻošak)

  1. pension
  2. stipend, scholarship

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թօշակ (tʻōšak), թորշակ (tʻoršak)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (twšk' /⁠tōšag⁠/, provisions), Persian توشه (tuše, provisions).

Noun

թոշակ • (tʻošak)

  1. provisions, supplies for journey
    թոշակ յետին, վերջինtʻošak yetin, verǰinviaticum, Eucharist given to a person who is dying
    տալ, պաշտել ումեք զյետին թոշակtal, paštel umekʻ zyetin tʻošakto administer the viaticum
  2. pay, wages
  3. food

Declension

Derived terms

  • անթոշակ (antʻošak)
  • անթոշակութիւն (antʻošakutʻiwn)
  • թոշակակեր (tʻošakaker)
  • թոշակակերութիւն (tʻošakakerutʻiwn)
  • թոշակատար (tʻošakatar)
  • թոշակացեալ (tʻošakacʻeal)
  • թոշակեմ (tʻošakem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թոշակ (tʻošak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թոշակ”, 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) “թոշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 155
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թոշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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