Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կտակ (ktak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կտակ (ktak)

  1. will, testament

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gtky), [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gty), [Book Pahlavi needed] (GTʾk, will, testament, document). Borrowed into Iranian from Aramaic: compare Classical Syriac ܓܛܐ (geṭṭā, will, testament, document).

Noun edit

կտակ (ktak)

  1. will, testament
    կտակ առնելktak aṙnelto make one's will
    կտակաւ տալ, թողուլktakaw tal, tʿołulto bequeath by will, to leave a legacy to
    կատարել զկտակkatarel zktakto execute a will
  2. covenant

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կտակ (ktak)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “կտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կտակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 250
  • Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “կտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Szemerényi, Oswald (1970) “Iranica III (Nos. 32-43)”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume, London: Lund Humphries, page 420