կղկղանք

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կղկղանք (kłkłankʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կղկղանք (kġkġankʻ)

  1. (formal) excrements, faeces

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

կղկղեմ (kłkłem) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ)

Noun

կղկղանք (kłkłankʻpl

  1. excrements, evacuation (any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs)
  2. (figurative) scum; waste, loss
    կղկղանք հրահալացkłkłankʻ hrahalacʻscoria, dross, slag
    կղկղանաց սովորութինkłkłanacʻ sovorutʻinold customs, obsolete usages
    իբրեւ զկղկղանս համարել զամենայնibrew zkłkłans hamarel zamenaynto look upon, or to count all things as but dross

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կղկղանք (kġkġankʻ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կղել”, 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 602a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կղկղանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կղկղանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 348b