Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քարտ (kʻart).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քարտ (kʻart)

  1. card
  2. playing card

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, sheet of paper).

Noun edit

քարտ (kʻart)

  1. card, paper, parchment
  2. cartoon, pasteboard
  3. letter
  4. book

Usage notes edit

In modern Armenian there is a distinction between քարտ (kʻart) and քարտեզ (kʻartez) which is absent in Old Armenian.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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