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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Related to the synonymous Georgian გავა (gava). Because of -ակ (-ak), an Iranian origin is suspected. Middle Armenian գաւ-եղ (gaw-eġ, “having a large rump”) may preserve the root *գաւ (*gaw), if it is not a misspelling of գաւկեղ (gawkeġ).
According to Ačaṙyan, the similarity with Arabic كَفَل (kafal, “rump”) is accidental.
Noun
գաւակ • (gawak)
- rump, hindquarters of a horse or another animal
- (metonymically, derogatory) human behind, butt
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 527
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “գաւակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bugge, Sophus (1892) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 1, pages 445, 454
- Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 32–33
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 247 of 233–270
- Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, pages 361–362
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy