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մարտկոց

մարտկոց

Armenian

Noun

մարտկոց (martkocʿ)

  1. (military) battery (coordinated group of artillery)
  2. (electricity) battery (device for storing electricity)
Declension

Usage notes

Colloquially for the sense “military battery” Russian батарея (bataréja) is used instead, and for the sense “electrical battery” — Russian батарейка (bataréjka) or элемент (elemént).


Old Armenian

Etymology

մարտիկ (martik) + -ոց (-ocʿ)

Noun

մարտկոց (martkocʿ)

  1. battery, bastion, bulwark
  2. tower
  3. (post-classical, modern, electricity) battery
    ելեկտրական մարտկոցelektrakan martkocʿ ― electric battery or machine
    վոլդայեան մարտկոցvoldayean martkocʿ ― Voltaic battery, pile

Declension

Descendants

References

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