կոտակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գօ̈դէ̀գ (gödḕg) Sivas, dialectological notation

Etymology

From Old Armenian կոտակ (kotak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կոտակ • (kotak) (superlative ամենակոտակ)

  1. (dialectal) little, short (of stature)

Declension

Further reading

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

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwtk' /⁠kōdak⁠/, young, small; baby), Persian کودک (kudak, child), and see the latter for more.

Related to Old Armenian կոտիկ (kotik, young of an animal), also from Iranian.

Adjective

կոտակ • (kotak)

  1. little, short (of stature)

Usage notes

Attested only as the epithet of Khosrov III Kotak.

Descendants

  • Armenian: կոտակ (kotak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոտակ”, 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) “կոտակ”, 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 173
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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