Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian սնտուկ (sntuk), from Old Armenian սնդուկ (snduk), from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սնդուկ (snduk)

  1. chest, trunk, box, safe (for clothes, money, gold, jewelry, treasure etc.)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 54:[1]
      սնտուկ․ քասսայ
      sntuk; kʻassay
      սնտուկ (sntuk) = cassa
  2. (Western Armenian) treasury

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 242