ջութակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ջութակ (ǰutʿak).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [d͡ʒuˈtʰɑk]
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Noun

ջութակ (ǰutʿak)

  1. violin

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1]

Noun

ջութակ (ǰutʿak)

  1. a kind of stringed instrument
    • 951 CE – 1003, Grigor Narekacʿi, Matean ołbergutʿean [Book of Lamentations] 92:
      Սկզբնապար նախընթացութեան աղէյարմար ջութակաց []
      Skzbnapar naxəntʿacʿutʿean ałēyarmar ǰutʿakacʿ []
  2. (post-classical) violin, fiddle; violoncello
    ջութակ հարկանելǰutʿak harkanelto play the violin or fiddle

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ջութակ”, 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

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ջութակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ջութակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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