լակ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑɡ/,

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From Middle Armenian լակ (lak), from the root of Old Armenian լակեմ (lakem).

լակ • (lak)

1. swill, mash

• “լակ¹”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a

From Persian لق (laq), لغ (lağ, “an addle egg”), whence also Georgian ლაყე (laq̇e).^[1][2]

լակ • (lak)

1. (Ararat, Karabakh, of an egg) addle, spoiled, rotten
2. (Karabakh, of fruits, especially watermelon) overripe

• լախ (lax)

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 40, derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ləg-, an ablaut grade of the root *(s)lēg- (“to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd”); see լոկ (lok) for more on this
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լակ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 180c
• “լակ²”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a