Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

քացախ • ‎(kʿacʿax)

1. vinegar

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Derived terms

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan a cultural term of Mediterranean-European substrate origin, reflected also in Old Church Slavonic квасъ ‎(kvasŭ, “leaven”) (Russian квас ‎(kvas)), Latin caseus ‎(“cheese”), Georgian კაწახი ‎(ḳac̣axi, “sour, unripe”). -ախ ‎(-ax) then is a suffix, probably of Urartian origin.

Noun

քացախ • ‎(kʿacʿax)

1. vinegar

   համեմաւոր քացախ‎ ― hamemawor kʿacʿax ― aromatic vinegar

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: քացախ ‎(kʿacʿax)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “քացախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “քացախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “k‘ac‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 659