գաւակ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Related to the synonymous Georgian გავა (gava). Because of -ակ (-ak), an Iranian origin is suspected. Middle Armenian գաւ-եղ (gaw-eł, “having a large rump”) may preserve the root *գաւ (*gaw), if it is not a misspelling of գաւկեղ (gawkeł).
According to Ačaṙyan, the similarity with Arabic كَفَل (kafal, “rump”) is accidental.
Noun
գաւակ • (gawak)
- rump, hindquarters of a horse or another animal
- (metonymically, derogatory) human behind, butt
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւակ (gawak) | գաւակք (gawakkʿ) | |
| genitive | գաւակի (gawaki) | գաւակաց (gawakacʿ) | |
| dative | գաւակի (gawaki) | գաւակաց (gawakacʿ) | |
| accusative | գաւակ (gawak) | գաւակս (gawaks) | |
| ablative | գաւակէ (gawakē) | գաւակաց (gawakacʿ) | |
| instrumental | գաւակաւ (gawakaw) | գաւակաւք = գաւակօք (gawakawkʿ = gawakōkʿ) | |
| locative | գաւակի (gawaki) | գաւակս (gawaks) |
Derived terms
- առոգագաւակ (aṙogagawak)
Descendants
- Armenian: գավակ (gavak)
- →? Turkish: kavak
- ⇒ Middle Armenian: գաւկել (gawkel), գաւկեղ (gawkeł)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 527
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գաւակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “գաւակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bugge, Sophus (1892), “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 1, pages 445, 454
- Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 32–33
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910), “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, page 247 of 233–270
- Pedersen, Holger (1906), “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, issue 3, pages 361–362
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գաւակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy