Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փլատակ (pʻlatak); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փլատակ (pʻlatak)

  1. ruin, debris

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From փուլ (pʻul) +‎ -ա- (-a-) + Iranian suffix *-tak(a)-, found in Iranian borrowings such as ամբարտակ (ambartak), գումարտակ (gumartak), յիշատակ (yišatak), etc.

Noun edit

փլատակ (pʻlatak)

  1. ruin, debris

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փլատակ (pʻlatak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փլատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փլատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փլատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)տակ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48