փալասկա

Armenian

Alternative forms

• փալասխա (pʻalasxa)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پالاسقه (palaska).

Noun

փալասկա • (pʻalaska)

1. (Istanbul) cartridge box, cartridge belt, cartouchière, giberne

   Synonym: փամփշտակալ (pʻampʻštakal)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “փալասկա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 151
• Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “փալասխայ”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 536a