Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ծանակ (canak); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծանակ (canak)

  1. disgrace

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably from *ծան- (*can-, sign, spot), of the same origin as ճանաչեմ (čanačʻem), +‎ -ակ (-ak). For the semantics compare խայտառակ (xaytaṙak).

Noun

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ծանակ (canak)

  1. disgrace
    ծանակ/ծաղր եւ ծանակ առնելcanak/całr ew canak aṙnelto cover or load with ridicule, to subject to contemptuous merriment
    ծանակ/ծաղր եւ ծանակ կալcanak/całr ew canak kalto be lost to all sense of shame

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ծանակ (canak)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 339