Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian շալակ (šalak), from Old Armenian շալակ (šalak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շալակ (šalak)

  1. shoulders; back
    Synonym: թիկունք (tʻikunkʻ)
  2. load that can be carried on the back
    Synonym: շալակաբեռ (šalakabeṙ)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: şele
  • Turkish: şeleg, şelek, şele
  • Udi: шӏалакӏ (š:alaḳ)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շալակ”, 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 481a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 113

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Iranian together with Arabic شَلَّاق (šallāq, beggar’s knapsack), but the details are uncertain. See the Arabic for more.

Noun edit

շալակ (šalak)

  1. sack
    Synonyms: պարկ (park), մախաղ (maxał)
  2. litter, sedan chair
    Synonym: պատգարակ (patgarak)
  3. load
    Synonym: բեռն (beṙn)
  4. shoulders; back
    Synonyms: կռնակ (kṙnak), թիկունք (tʻikunkʻ)
  5. marginal or interlinear correction in a text

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շալակ”, 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, pages 480–481
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “շալակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շալակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 272
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “շալակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 566
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “շալակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 244, 941
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շալակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy