Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կտտանք (kttankʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կտտանք (kttankʻ)

  1. torture

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

կտտեմ (kttem) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ)

Noun edit

կտտանք (kttankʻpl

  1. cruel torment, torture
  2. (figuratively) biting calumny, stinging outrage or insult, outrageous sarcasm

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կտտանք (kttankʻ)

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կտտանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կտտանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy