թուանկ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • դֆանք (dfankʻ), թըւանկ (tʻəwank), թւանկ (tʻwank)

Etymology

From Persian تفنگ (tofang) and Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfenk).

Noun

թուանկ • (tʻuank)

  1. firearm, gun, musket
    • 16th century, Yōhannēs Arčišecʿi, Chronicle :[1][2][3]
      […] թէ քանի մարդ մեռավ սրով և թրով, թօփով և թուանկով, սովով և ծարաւով […]
      […] tʻē kʻani mard meṙav srov ew tʻrov, tʻōpʻov ew tʻuankov, sovov ew carawov […]
      […] how many people died from steel and sword, cannon and gun, hunger and thirst […]
    • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4][5]
      […] էրէկ կամէիր զիս դֆանքով սպանանել […]
      […] ērēk kamēir zis dfankʻov spananel […]
      […] yesterday you wanted to kill me with a gun […]
    • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4]
      […] զի նայ զիս կամեց դֆանքով զառնել։
      […] zi nay zis kamecʻ dfankʻov zaṙnel.
      […] because he wanted to shoot me with a gun.

Usage notes

Often used in the set phrase թօփ եւ թուանկ (tʻōpʻ ew tʻuank, literally “cannon and gun”) to refer to gunpowder weapons in general.

  • թուանգչի (tʻuangčʻi)

Descendants
  • Armenian: թվանք (tʻvankʻ), թվանգ (tʻvang), թիվանգ (tʻivang), թիվանք (tʻivankʻ), թրփանգ (tʻrpʻang), թֆակ (tʻfak); թֆանկ (tʻfank), թֆանք (tʻfankʻ), թուֆաք (tʻufakʻ), թուֆանկ (tʻufank), դֆաք (dfakʻ), թֆաք (tʻfakʻ), թըֆակ (tʻəfak), դուֆաք (dufakʻ); թուանք (tʻuankʻ)

References
  1. Hakobyan, Vazgen (1956) Manr žamanakagrutʻyunner XIII—XVIII dd. [Minor Chronicles 13–18th cc.] (Nyutʻer hay žoġovrdi patmutʻyan; 7) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
  2. Poġosyan, Norayr (2014) “թօփ և թուանկ”, in Norahayt baṙer vaġašxarhabaryan aġbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, pages 82–83
  3. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “թուանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
  4. Grigoryan, V. Ṙ. (1963) Kamenecʻ-Podolsk kʻaġakʻi haykakan datarani arjanagrutʻyunnerə (XVI d.) [The Protocols of the Armenian Court in the Town of Kamieniec Podolski (16th c.)]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
  5. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “դֆանք”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 177b

Further reading
  • Akinean, H. N., editor (1936), Simēon dpri Lehacʻwoy uġegrutʻiwn, taregrutʻiwn ew yišatakarankʻ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 429
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “թըւանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 244b
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