ներթակն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan probably from ներ (ner, husband’s brother’s wife) +‎ թակն (tʻakn, mouse).

Noun

ներթակն (nertʻakn)

  1. rat

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ներթակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “nert‘akn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 503