Armenian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from կառափնատել (kaṙapʻnatel, to behead).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կառափնատ (kaṙapʻnat)

  1. guillotine
    Synonym: գիլյոտին (gilyotin)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (2005) S. Galstyan, X. Badikyan, editors, Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri : Imastabanutʻyun, baṙakʻnnutʻyun, šarahyusutʻyun [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages : Semantics, Lexicology, Syntax] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 14