Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարակ (čarak). Doublet of չարա (čʻara).

Noun

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ճարակ (čarak)

  1. means, remedy
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարակ (čarak).

Noun

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ճարակ (čarak)

  1. feed, animal food, forage, fodder, provender
  2. (figuratively) food, fodder (anything that nourishes or sustains); prey
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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾlk' /⁠čārag⁠/, means, remedy), Persian چاره (čâre, remedy, help, solution). See ճար (čar) for more.

Noun

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ճարակ (čarak)

  1. means, remedy
    ճար եւ ճարակ առնելčar ew čarak aṙnelto find a remedy; to repair, to redeem, to retrieve, to make reparation or amends for
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: ճարակ (čarak), ճար-ճարակ (čar-čarak)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 191a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարակ”, 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 188
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clk' /⁠čarag⁠/, grazing, pasture; flock), Persian چرا (čarâ, pasturing, grazing), Northern Kurdish çêre (pasture, pasturage, grazing ground). For the development of the sense "land, district" compare Middle Armenian կեր (ker, food; district) and the etymology of apanage.

Noun

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ճարակ (čarak)

  1. feed, animal food, forage, fodder, provender
  2. (figuratively) food, fodder (anything that nourishes or sustains); prey
    ճարակ հրոյčarak hroyfuel, combustible
    ճարակ լինելčarak linelto be food to, the prey of, a prey to
    հրոյ ճարակ լինել, մատնիլhroy čarak linel, matnilto be a prey to the flames, to he burnt, devoured, consumed by fire
    սրոյ ճարակ լինել, մատնիլsroy čarak linel, matnilto perish by the sword
    սրոյ ճարակ տալsroy čarak talto put to the edge of the sword, to slay
    ճարակ գտանելčarak gtanelto spread over, to wind or creep about
    ճարակ տալ հերձուածոցčarak tal herjuacocʻto keep up, to foment divisions
    բազմախողխող երկաթոյն նա տայր ի ճարակbazmaxołxoł erkatʻoyn na tayr i čarakhe mowed them down with the murderous steel, or sweeping brand
    գիտութիւնք ճարակ են մտացgitutʻiwnkʻ čarak en mtacʻknowledge is the food of the mind
  3. land, district
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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 191ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարակ”, 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 188
  • 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 246
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy