պատրուակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from an unidentified Iranian source.[1][2]

Noun

պատրուակ (patruak)

  1. veil, covering
    պատրուակ թղթոյpatruak tʿłtʿoyenvelope
  2. (figuratively) pretext, excuse
    ընդ պատրուակաւənd patruakawunder the appearance

Declension

Derived terms

  • պատրուակեմ (patruakem)
  • պատրուակիչ (patruakičʿ)
  • անպատրուակ (anpatruak)

Descendants

References

  1. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 247, 903
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պատրուակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 629a

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