կախ

From Old Armenian կախ (kax).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑχ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑχ/,

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կախ • (kax) (superlative ամենակախ)

1. hanging, dangling, pendent; hung up, suspended

The origin is uncertain. Ačaṙyan and J̌ahukyan reject all attempts of connecting the word with the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”), whence English hang. According to J̌ahukyan, an Iranian origin "is not impossible", if the word is connected with Shughni ках̌у̊н (kax̌ū̊n).

կախ • (kax)

1. hanging, dangling, pendent; hung up, suspended

   ի կախ ունել ― i kax unel ― to suspend, to hold in suspense

   ի կախ մնալ ― i kax mnal ― to remain in suspense

Used only in the form ի կախ (i kax).

• Armenian: կախ (kax)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 486
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 40–41
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կախ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 373b