Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կոտակ (kotak).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

կոտակ (kotak) (superlative ամենակոտակ)

  1. (dialectal) little, short (of stature)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “կոտակ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwtk' /⁠kōdak⁠/, young, small; baby), Persian کودک (kudak, child), and see the latter for more.

Related to Old Armenian կոտիկ (kotik, young of an animal), also from Iranian.

Adjective edit

կոտակ (kotak)

  1. little, short (of stature)

Usage notes edit

Attested only as the epithet of Khosrov III Kotak.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կոտակ (kotak)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 173
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy