լաք

Armenian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian лак (lak).

Noun

լաք • (lakʻ)

1. varnish
2. lacquer
3. polish
4. nail polish

   Synonym: եղունգների լաք (eġungneri lakʻ)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լաք⁴”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 189bc

Etymology 2

Akin to the synonymous Azerbaijani lək, Tat lak, Judeo-Tat lok. Ultimately perhaps from Persian لاک (lâk, “trough, wooden vessel”), the enclosed garden bed being perceived as a sort of trough, and thus identical with լաք (lakʻ, “dry measure for cereals; wooden trough”).

Noun

լաք • (lakʻ) (Karabakh)

1. bed (in a garden)

   Synonyms: մարգ (marg), ածու (acu)

Declension

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լաք”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 415b, without etymology
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “լաք¹”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 239b, repeats J̌ahukyan's etymology
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լաք²”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 209a

Further reading

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1972) Hay barbaṙagitutʻyan neracutʻyun [Introduction into Armenian Dialectology]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 289, tentatively considers this an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂-k-, an extension of *pleh₂- (“flat”), with Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx) and Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”) as cognates

Etymology 3

From Persian لاک (lâk, “trough, wooden vessel”). Likely a doublet of նավակ (navak).

Noun

լաք • (lakʻ)

1. (Karabakh, Havarik) dry measure for cereals equal to 30 գրվանքա (grvankʻa) or 8 օխա (ōxa) or 12 kg
2. (Havarik) wooden trough

Declension

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լաք”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 415b
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “լաք²”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 239b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լաք¹”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 209a