ծիծակ

Armenian

ծիծակ (1)

Alternative forms

  • ծիծակա (cicaka) (the sense “pepper” only)

Etymology

From Georgian წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիծակ • (cicak)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) hot pepper (usually long and pointed)
  2. (colloquial) a type of shoes with long and pointed toecaps, widely used in Armenia and particularly associated with rabiz subculture

Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ծիծակ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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