ծայրաքաղաք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծայրաքաղաք (cayrakʻałakʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծայրաքաղաք • (cayrakʻaġakʻ)

  1. (archaic) acropolis, citadel

Declension

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ծայրաքաղաք”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Etymology

ծայր (cayr, end, top, summit) + -ա- (-a-) + քաղաք (kʻałakʻ, city)

Noun

ծայրաքաղաք • (cayrakʻałakʻ)

  1. acropolis, citadel

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծայրաքաղաք (cayrakʻaġakʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծայրաքաղաք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ծայրաքաղաք”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 403a
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