Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from an unidentified Iranian source.[1][2]

Noun edit

պատրուակ (patruak)

  1. veil, covering
    պատրուակ թղթոյpatruak tʻłtʻoyenvelope
  2. (figuratively) pretext, excuse
    ընդ պատրուակաւənd patruakawunder the appearance

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պատրվակ (patrvak)

References edit

  1. ^ 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, pages 247, 903
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պատրուակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 629a

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