կասկ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑsk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑsɡ/,

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կասկ (kask)

կասկ • (kask)

1. (archaic) pearl barley
2. (archaic) food made of pearl barley, similar to harissa

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կասկ (kask)

կասկ • (kask)

1. (archaic) chestnut

• “կասկ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Munji (kåsk, “barley”), Yazghulami (kåsk, “barley”), Persian کشک (kašk, “barley”).

կասկ • (kask)

1. pearl barley
2. food made of pearl barley, similar to harissa

• կասկաջուր (kaskaǰur)

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean/Pontic substrate, found also in Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).

կասկ • (kask)

1. chestnut

• կասկենի (kaskeni)

• → Armenian: կասկ (kask)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կասկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կասկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 75
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 353
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կասկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy