ղենջակ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ղենջակ (łenǰak).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁend͡ʒɑ́k]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁent͡ʃʰɑ́ɡ]

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ղենջակ • (ġenǰak) (rare)

1. apron, napkin, towel

   Synonyms: գոգնոց (gognocʻ), սրբիչ (srbičʻ)

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ղենջակ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 931a
• Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “ղենջակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 863b
• Ter Xačʻaturean, Artašēs (1992) “ղենջակ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume II, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 33a

• ղենջեակ (łenǰeak), ղանջեակ (łanǰeak), ղենճակ (łenčak)

A borrowing from Ancient Greek λέντιον (léntion), from Latin linteum, but via Iranian, as testified by the presence of suffix -ակ (-ak). Doublet of ղենտի (łenti)

ղենջակ • (łenǰak)

1. apron, napkin, towel

• Armenian: ղենջակ (ġenǰak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ղենջակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 167-168
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ղենջակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 163b
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ղենջակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 522b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ղենջակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 481b
• Meillet, Antoine (1912–1914) “Hypothèse sur quelques emprunts de l'arménien au latin”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 18, page 350 of 348–350
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 195–196
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ղենջակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 435a