Armenian edit

 
շագանակներ

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շագանակ (šaganak), a manuscript variant of շահդանակ (šahdanak, hempseed). The form of the word and its meaning are a result of misunderstanding.[1]

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Noun edit

շագանակ (šaganak)

  1. chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree)
    (մեկի համար) կրակից շագանակներ հանել(meki hamar) krakicʻ šaganakner hanelto perform a difficult or dangerous task that will benefit someone else

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References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շահդանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 484