Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճարտուկ (čartuk).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ճարտուկ (čartuk) (superlative ամենաճարտուկ)

  1. (of a horse, rare) grey

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing։ compare Classical Persian چرده (čarda, color; blackish; bay horse).

Adjective edit

ճարտուկ (čartuk)

  1. (of a horse) grey

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ճարտուկ (čartuk)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճարտուկ”, 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) “ճարտուկ”, 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 189
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճարտուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy