վերմակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վերմակ (vermak).

Pronunciation

Noun

վերմակ • (vermak)

  1. blanket
    Synonyms: (dialectal) յորղան (yorġan), (dialectal) լեհեպ (lehep)
    Hyponym: (obsolete) վալանցա (valancʻa)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Khotanese [script needed] (aurmaka, covering), Ossetian уормег (uormeg, cloak), Sanskrit वर (vara, covering, enclosing). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cover, envelop).

Noun

վերմակ • (vermak)

  1. coverlet, counterpane, quilt

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: վերմակ (vermak)

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 95
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վերմակ”, 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) “վերմակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 47b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վերմակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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