Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ճաշակ (čašak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ճաշակ (čašak)

  1. taste (person's set of preferences)
    լավ ճաշակlav čašakgood taste

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *čāšak. Compare Persian چاشنی (čâšni, taste; taste by way of a sample). The Iranian word was also borrowed as Sanskrit चषक (caṣaka, cup), Old Georgian ჭაშნიგი (č̣ašnigi, wine), Georgian ჭაშნიკი (č̣ašniḳi, gustation of wine) and Turkish çeşni (flavor, taste). For the root, compare Sanskrit चष् (caṣ, to eat). Related to ճաշ (čaš).

Noun

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ճաշակ (čašak)

  1. tasting, sampling of taste, gustation; taste, flavour, savour
    առնուլ զճաշակaṙnul zčašakto try, to taste, to relish
  2. (by extension) any trial, test, proof; specimen
    դուզնաքեայ ճաշակduznakʻeay čašakweak or slight effort
    առնուլ զճաշակ քաջասրտութեան նորաaṙnul zčašak kʻaǰasrtutʻean norato prove his courage
  3. swallow; gulp
  4. drinking-vessel, cup, mug, glass, tumbler; measure of liquid
    ճաշակաւ զծով չափելčašakaw zcov čʻapʻelto empty the sea with a tea-spoon
  5. type of a glass-shaped candlestick

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճաշակ (čašak)
  • Georgian: ჭაშაკი (č̣ašaḳi)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճաշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճաշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճաշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press