կասկարայ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

A Classical Syriac borrowing. Compare Syriac ܟܣܟܪܐ (kaskārā, basket), which like “gridiron” is related to the notion of plaiting.

Noun

կասկարայ (kaskaray)

  1. gridiron for grilling meat
    խորովել, եփել ի վերայ կասկարայիxorovel, epʻel i veray kaskarayito broil, to grill, to cook upon the gridiron
    միս ի կասկարայէmis i kaskarayēbroiled meat
    կասկարայ եզին գետնախնձորօքkaskaray ezin getnaxnjorōkʻbeefsteak with potatoes
  2. trivet, tripod put under a cooking pot or kettle

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կասկարա (kaskara)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կասկարայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կասկարայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press