տախտակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian տախտակ (taxtak).

Pronunciation

Noun

տախտակ (taxtak)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

Noun

տախտակ (taxtak)

  1. board, plank; tablet
    տախտակ երկաթիtaxtak erkatʻiiron-plate, sheet-iron
    տախտակ մետաղեայtaxtak metałeayplate of metal
    տախտակք վկայութեանtaxtakkʻ vkayutʻeanthe tables of the decalogue
    տախտակ դատաստանացtaxtak datastanacʻbreastplate, pectoral, rational
    տախտակ նկարուցtaxtak nkarucʻcanvass, wood, etc.
    տախտակ ճատրակիtaxtak čatrakichess-board
    տախտակ զստիtaxtak zstithe hollow of the thigh
    տախտակ խոհանոցիtaxtak xohanocʻitrencher
  2. bed

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: տախտակ (taxtak)

References

  • 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