Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian թակաղ (tʻakał); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թակաղ (tʻakaġ)

  1. clapper (for a bell); mallet; beetle

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From թակ (tʻak) +‎ -աղ (-ał).

Noun

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թակաղ (tʻakał)

  1. mallet, beetle (especially for a church-bell)

Descendants

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  • Armenian: թակաղ (tʻakaġ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թակաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թակաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48