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թափք

թափք

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թամք (tʿamkʿ) (misspelling)
  • թափ (tʿapʿ)

Noun

թափք (tʿapʿkʿ)

  1. sheath, scabbard

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թափք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 166a

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Armenian թամբք (tʿambkʿ) and so a by-form of թամք (tʿamkʿ, saddle; body of a cart). Possibly contaminated with թափք (tʿapʿkʿ, sheath, scabbard): for the sense association compare Russian кузов (kuzov, basket; body of a carriage).

Noun

թափք (tʿapʿkʿ)

  1. body (of a car or a cart)

Declension


Old Armenian

Noun

թափք (tʿapʿkʿ)

  1. nominative plural of թափ (tʿapʿ)