կոտակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գօ̈դէ̀գ (gō̈dḕg) Sivas, dialectological notation

Etymology

From Old Armenian կոտակ (kotak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կոտակ (kotak) (superlative ամենակոտակ)

  1. (dialectal) little, short (of stature)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), կոտակ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwtk' /kōdak/, young, small; baby), Persian کودک (kudak, child), and see the latter for more.

Related to Old Armenian կոտիկ (kotik, young of an animal), also from Iranian.

Adjective

կոտակ (kotak)

  1. little, short (of stature)

Usage notes

Attested only as the epithet of Khosrov III Kotak.

  • կոտիկ (kotik)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կոտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կոտակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 173
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կոտակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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