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Cappadocian Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian կացին (kacʻin, “axe”), from Old Armenian կացին (kacʻin), from Classical Syriac ܚܨܝܢܐ (xaṣṣīnāʼ, “axe, pickaxe”), from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum).
Noun
κάτζιν (kátzin)
- knife; axe
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կացին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 87
- Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 174