Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պսակ (psak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պսակ (psak)

  1. wreath, garland
  2. crown
  3. a crown placed on the heads of the bride and the groom during the wedding
  4. wedding
  5. crown of a tooth

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/), Parthian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/, garland), Persian بساک (basâk), پساک (pasâk), Kurdish bisk, بِسک (bisk, bunch, lock of (woman's) hair; bangs). Aghwan 𐕢𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔰𐕄 (pusaḳ) is borrowed from the same source.

Noun edit

պսակ (psak)

  1. crown, diadem; wreath, garland
    պսակ ծաղկեայpsak całkeaywreath, garland, chaplet
    պսակ ի փշոյpsak i pʻšoycrown of thorns
    պսակ սրբոցpsak srbocʻhalo, gory, nimbus
    հիւսել պսակhiwsel psakto weave a garland or chaplet
  2. a crown placed on the heads of the bride and the groom during the wedding
  3. nuptials, espousals, marriage, nuptial blessing
    պսակ դնել ումեքpsak dnel umekʻto marry
  4. crown, prize, premium, reward
    պսակ պարծանաց, փառացpsak parcanacʻ, pʻaṙacʻcrown of honour, of glory
  5. coronation, achievement, accomplishment
  6. circle, coping, top, crowning, brim, frame, edge, cornice, parapet, battlement
  7. circle of one year
    պսակ տարւոյpsak tarwoythe course of the year
  8. tonsure
    պսակ դպրացpsak dpracʻtonsure, shaven crown
  9. halo around the sun
    պսակ արեգականpsak aregakanhalo around the sun

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պսակ (psak)

References edit

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