Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelian ცხვენი (cxveni), ცხვინი (cxvini). Suffixed with +‎ (-kʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ցխինք (cʻxinkʻ)

  1. (Trabzon, Hamshen) the ceiling above the hearth that is usually covered in soot; the inside part of the երդիկ (erdik)
    Synonym: առաստաղ (aṙastaġ)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Абуладзе, И. В. (1967) “Несколько общих слов в древнегрузинском и древнеармянском языках [Some Common Words in Classical Georgian and Classical Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Russian), numbers 2–3, pages 316–317
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ցխինք”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1056a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձեղուն”, 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 148b
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1947) Kʻnnutʻyun Hamšeni barbaṙi [Study of Hamshen Dialect]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 35, 242
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “երդիք”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 178a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 431
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “ցխենգ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 275b