ասախ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• յասախ (yasax), իասախ (iasax), եասախ (easax), եասաղ (easaġ), ասագ (asag)

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Tatar ясак (yasaq), Turkish yasak.

Noun

ասախ • (asax)

1. law
2. prohibition, ban

   ասախ առնել, եասախ անել ― asax aṙnel, easax anel ― to prohibit

3. fine, penalty

Derived terms

• անասախ (anasax)

Descendants

• Armenian: յասախ (yasax)

References

• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ասախ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 77f, 178a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 267a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 36