Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دگنك (değenek, stick, cane, rod).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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դագանակ (daganak)

  1. stick, cane, rod
    հանաքը դագանակ դառնալhanakʻə daganak daṙnal(saying) when a joke leads to a fight
    մեջքին դագանակ կոտրելmeǰkʻin daganak kotrelto beat, to flog, to punish by beating

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տէյնէկ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 333
  • Aytənean, Arsēn (1866) Kʻnnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn ašxarhabar kam ardi hayerēn lezui. Naxašawiġ [Critical Grammar of the Vernacular or Modern Armenian Language: Prolegomena], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 217
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “դագանակ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “դըգյա̈նա̈կ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 120c