ճատրակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ճատրակ (čatrak).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճատրակ • (čatrak)

  1. (Western Armenian, rare in Eastern Armenian) chess
    Synonym: շախմատ (šaxmat)

Declension

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ճարտրակ (čartrak), ճատրկուց (čatrkucʻ), ճատրկոց (čatrkocʻ)

Etymology

From Old Armenian *ճատրակ (*čatrak), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/) or perhaps from a secondary *čatrak form. Ultimately from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, "four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Noun

ճատրակ • (čatrak)

  1. chess

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճատրակ”, 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) “ճատրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ճատրակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճատրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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