տկար

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տկար (tkar).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /təˈkɑɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /dəˈɡɑɾ/,
• Hyphenation: տը‧կար

տկար • (tkar) (superlative ամենատկար)

1. weak, feeble, faint

   տկար կողմ ― tkar koġm ― weakness

   տկար սեռ ― tkar seṙ ― (dated) the weaker sex

2. powerless, impotent, incapacitated
3. sick, sickly, ill
4. helpless, weak, vulnerable
5. weak, frail, infirm (physically weak)
6. unable, incapable, disorganized
7. (figuratively) inferior, wretched, poor
8. ineffective, ineffectual, uninfluential
9. deficient, lacking, scant
10. (figuratively) blurry, blurred, indistinct
11. fragile, brittle, flimsy
12. thin, slender, slim
13. unstable, weak (mentally or emotionally weak)

From տ- (t-) +‎ կար (kar).

տկար • (tkar)

1. feeble, weak, debilitated
2. powerless, impotent, infirm, languid, faint
3. small, slight, slender, trifling
4. fragile, frail

• → Armenian: տկար (tkar) (learned)

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