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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian բաժակ (bažak).
Pronunciation
Noun
բաժակ • (bažak)
- glass, cup
- Synonyms: գավաթ (gavatʻ), կթխա (ktʻxa)
- մի բաժակ ջուր ― mi bažak ǰur ― a glass of water
- (botany) calyx
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *bāžak (“cup”) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute, allot”). Compare Hebrew בזיך (bazīk, “cup”), borrowed from Iranian.
Noun
բաժակ • (bažak)
- cup, glass, mug, goblet
- (figuratively) the wine or other drink poured into the cup
- chalice
- (figuratively) cup, one's portion, share, or allotment
- (figuratively) symbol of one's destiny
- (botany) calyx
Declension
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաժակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բաժակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաժակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press