Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak)

  1. handkerchief
    Synonym: (dialectal) աղլուխ (aġlux)
    քիթը սրբել թաշկինակովkʻitʻə srbel tʻaškinakovto wipe one's nose with a handkerchief
  2. kerchief, headscarf
    Synonym: գլխաշոր (glxašor)
  3. (figuratively) weak-willed, spineless person

Declension edit

References edit

  • թաշկինակ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain.

Müller derives from hypothetical Middle Persian *tašīkēnak, from Middle Persian *taršikaina (drier), a supposed descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry). For the formation he compares տաճկինակ (tačkinak). For the suffix compare Iranian borrowings -կէն (-kēn) and -ակ (-ak).

Ačaṙyan and Hübschmann reject Müller's proposal and leave the origin open.

According to J̌ahukyan, probably a borrowing from some unknown Iranian source.

The form *թաշկէն (*tʻaškēn) listed in Baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui is back-formed by this dictionary from the supposed diminutive թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak) (as if թաշկէն (tʻaškēn) + -ակ (-ak)) and is unattested, according to Ačaṙyan.

Noun edit

թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak)

  1. towel for wiping sweat
  2. kerchief
    թաշկինակ պարանոցիtʻaškinak paranocʻineckcloth, neckerchief

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak)

References edit