տախտակ

Inherited from Old Armenian տախտակ (taxtak). Doublet of թախտա (tʻaxta).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tɑχˈtɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /dɑχˈdɑɡ/,

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• Hyphenation: տախ‧տակ

տախտակ • (taxtak)

1. board, plank
2. table (a matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns)
3. (figuratively) stupid person

• տաստակ (tastak) — dialectal

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian (tʾhtk' /⁠taxtag⁠/, “tablet, plank, (chess) board”), Persian تخته (taxte). The sense of “bed” can be an inner-Armenian diminutive formation: տախտ (taxt) +‎ -ակ (-ak).

տախտակ • (taxtak)

1. board, plank; tablet

   տախտակ երկաթի ― taxtak erkatʻi ― iron-plate, sheet-iron

   տախտակ մետաղեայ ― taxtak metałeay ― plate of metal

   տախտակք վկայութեան ― taxtakkʻ vkayutʻean ― the tables of the decalogue

   տախտակ դատաստանաց ― taxtak datastanacʻ ― breastplate, pectoral, rational

   տախտակ նկարուց ― taxtak nkarucʻ ― canvass, wood, etc.

   տախտակ ճատրակի ― taxtak čatraki ― chess-board

   տախտակ զստի ― taxtak zsti ― the hollow of the thigh

   տախտակ խոհանոցի ― taxtak xohanocʻi ― trencher

2. bed

• Armenian: տախտակ (taxtak)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տախտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տախտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տախտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “taxt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press