ճանկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ճանկ (čank).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճանկ • (čank)

  1. claw; talon

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian چنگ (čang).

Noun

ճանկ • (čank)

  1. hook; drag-hook, cramp iron; grapnel, grappling iron
  2. claw, talon (of an animal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • արծուաճանկ (arcuačank)
  • ճանկխոտ (čankxot)
  • ճանկճանկոտ (čankčankot)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճանկ (čank)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճանկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճանկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճանկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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