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Armenian
Alternative forms
- dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
Etymology
From Old Armenian կզակ (kzak).
Pronunciation
Noun
կզակ • (kzak)
- chin
- Synonym: դունչ (dunčʻ)
- (dialectal, Vozm) soft palate, velum
- Synonym: կատիկ (katik)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Sogdian (kwcʾk, “mouth; beak”), (kwcʾ, “mouth”). Probably related to Old Armenian կոզ-պատ (koz-pat, “woman's veil”).
Noun
կզակ • (kzak)
- jaw, muzzle; chin
5th century,
Bible,
Job 40.26:
- Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ ընդ կզակս նորա։
- Etʻē kapicʻe?s anur i kʻitʻs nora; ancʻucʻanicʻe?s dandanawand ənd kzaks nora.
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- Will you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?
Usage notes
In Job, translates Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos).
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 244, 888
- ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կզակ”, 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) “կզակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 62
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կզակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կզակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy