ականանետ

Armenian

Etymology

From ական (akan) + -ա- (-a-) + նետել (netel). Calque of Russian миномёт (minomjót).

Pronunciation

Noun

ականանետ • (akananet)

  1. (military) mortar, trench mortar (lightweight, often portable artillery piece which transmits recoil to a base plate)
    Synonym: (nonstandard) մինամյոտ (minamyot)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ականանետային (akananetayin)

References

  • Abeġyan, Manuk (1925) “миномёт”, in Ṙus-hayeren ṙazmakan baṙaran [Russian–Armenian military dictionary], Yerevan, page 295
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