կտտանք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կտտանք (kttankʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կտտանք • (kttankʻ)

  1. torture

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

կտտեմ (kttem) + -անք (-ankʻ)

Noun

կտտանք • (kttankʻ) pl

  1. cruel torment, torture
  2. (figuratively) biting calumny, stinging outrage or insult, outrageous sarcasm

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կտտանք (kttankʻ)

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կտտանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կտտանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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