Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian թախտ (tʻaxt), from Persian تخت (taxt). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish تخت (taht). A doublet of տախտ (taxt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թախտ (tʻaxt)

  1. (dialectal) throne
  2. plank-bed
  3. ottoman, sofa, couch (without back or arms)

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 359a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “թախտ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages