պատմուճակ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian պատմուճակ (patmučak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պատմուճակ (patmučak)

  1. (rare) cloakroom attendant

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The basic meaning is “dresser”, from Middle Iranian *patmōčāk, an agent noun from *patihmáwčati, from *pati- + *hmáwčati (to clothe); see the latter for more. For the suffix see -ակ (-ak).

Noun edit

պատմուճակ (patmučak)

  1. wardrobe keeper, wardrobe master
    վանք պատմուճակաց, տուն պատմուճակացvankʻ patmučakacʻ, tun patmučakacʻThe Wardrobe, the room where the king's clothes and the crown are kept

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պատմուճակ (patmučak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատմուճակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատմուճակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատմուճակ”, 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 46a
  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105