կտակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կտակ (ktak).

Pronunciation

Noun

կտակ • (ktak)

  1. will, testament

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gtky), [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gty), [Book Pahlavi needed] (GTʾk, will, testament, document). Borrowed into Iranian from Aramaic: compare Classical Syriac ܓܛܐ (geṭṭā, will, testament, document).

Noun

կտակ • (ktak)

  1. will, testament
    կտակ առնելktak aṙnelto make one's will
    կտակաւ տալ, թողուլktakaw tal, tʻołulto bequeath by will, to leave a legacy to
    կատարել զկտակkatarel zktakto execute a will
  2. covenant

Declension

Derived terms

  • անկտակ (anktak)
  • կտակագիր (ktakagir)
  • կտակագրեան (ktakagrean)
  • կտակագրեմ (ktakagrem)
  • կտակապահ (ktakapah)
  • կտակառու (ktakaṙu)
  • կտակարան (ktakaran)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կտակ (ktak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կտակ”, 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) “կտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կտակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 250
  • Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Szemerényi, Oswald (1970) “Iranica III (Nos. 32-43)”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume, London: Lund Humphries, page 420
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