ծամտաք

Armenian

Etymology

From ծամել (camel, to chew). The ending possibly taken over from մաստակ (mastak, chewing gum).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծամտաք • (camtakʻ) (dialectal)

  1. chewing gum
    Synonym: ծամոն (camon)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 31:[1]
      ծամտաք․ մասթիցէ
      camtakʻ; mastʻicʻē
      ծամտաք (camtakʻ) = mastice

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ծամտակ (camtak)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 229

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ծամտաք”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծամ”, 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 441b
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ծամտաք”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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