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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Persian تفنگ (tofang) and Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfenk).
Noun
թուանկ • (tʻuank)
- firearm, gun, musket
16th century,
Yōhannēs Arčišecʻi,
Chronicle :
[1][2][3]- թէ քանի մարդ մեռավ սրով և թրով, թօփով և թուանկով, սովով և ծարաւով
- […] tʻē kʻani mard meṙav srov ew tʻrov, tʻōpʻov ew tʻuankov, sovov ew carawov […]
- how many people died from steel and sword, cannon and gun, hunger and thirst
Usage notes
Often used in the set phrase թօփ եւ թուանկ (tʻōpʻ ew tʻuank, literally “cannon and gun”) to refer to gunpowder weapons in general.
Descendants
- Armenian: թվանք (tʻvankʻ), թվանգ (tʻvang), թիվանգ (tʻivang), թիվանք (tʻivankʻ), թրփանգ (tʻrpʻang), թֆակ (tʻfak) — dialectal, թֆանկ (tʻfank), թֆանք (tʻfankʻ), թուֆաք (tʻufakʻ), թուֆանկ (tʻufank), դֆաք (dfakʻ), թֆաք (tʻfakʻ), թըֆակ (tʻəfak), դուֆաք (dufakʻ) — obsolete, թուանք (tʻuankʻ) — traditional orthography
References
- ^ Hakobyan, Vazgen (1956) Manr žamanakagrutʻyunner XIII—XVIII dd. [Minor Chronicles 13–18th cc.] (Nyutʻer hay žoġovrdi patmutʻyan; 7) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
- ^ Poġosyan, Norayr (2014) “թօփ և թուանկ”, in Norahayt baṙer vaġašxarhabaryan aġbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, pages 82–83
- ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “թուանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Grigoryan, V. Ṙ. (1963) Kamenecʻ-Podolsk kʻaġakʻi haykakan datarani arjanagrutʻyunnerə (XVI d.) [The Protocols of the Armenian Court in the Town of Kamieniec Podolski (16th c.)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
- ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “դֆանք”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 177b
Further reading
- Akinean, H. N., editor (1936), Simēon dpri Lehacʻwoy uġegrutʻiwn, taregrutʻiwn ew yišatakarankʻ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 429
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “թըւանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 244b