թուանկ

թուանկ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• դֆանք (dfankʿ), թըւանկ (tʿəwank), թւանկ (tʿwank)

Etymology

From Persian تفنگ‎ (tufang) and Ottoman Turkish تفنك‎ (tüfenk).

Noun

թուանկ • (tʿuank)

1. firearm, gun, musket
   • 16th century, Yōhannēs Arčišecʿi, Chronicle :[1][2][3]

     […] թէ քանի մարդ մեռավ սրով և թրով, թօփով և թուանկով, սովով և ծարաւով […]

     […] tʿē kʿani mard meṙav srov ew tʿrov, tʿōpʿov ew tʿuankov, sovov ew carawov […]

     […] how many people died from steel and sword, cannon and gun, hunger and thirst […]

   • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4][5]

     […] էրէկ կամէիր զիս դֆանքով սպանանել […]

     […] ērēk kamēir zis dfankʿov spananel […]

     […] yesterday you wanted to kill me with a gun […]

   • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4]

     […] զի նայ զիս կամեց դֆանքով զառնել։

     […] zi nay zis kamecʿ dfankʿov zaṙnel.

     […] because he wanted to shoot me with a gun.

Usage notes

Often used in the set phrase թօփ եւ թուանկ (tʿōpʿ ew tʿuank, literally “cannon and gun”) to refer to gunpowder weapons in general.

Related terms

• թուանգչի (tʿuangčʿi)

Descendants

• Armenian: թվանք (tʿvankʿ), թվանգ (tʿvang), թիվանգ (tʿivang), թիվանք (tʿivankʿ), թրփանգ (tʿrpʿang), թֆակ (tʿfak)

References

1. Hakobyan, Vazgen (1956) Manr žamanakagrutʿyunner XIII—XVIII dd. [Minor Chronicles 13–18th cc.] (Nyutʿer hay žołovrdi patmutʿyan; 7) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
2. Połosyan, Norayr (2014), “թօփ և թուանկ”, in Norahayt baṙer vałašxarhabaryan ałbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, pages 82–83
3. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “թուանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
4. Grigoryan, V. Ṙ. (1963) Kamenecʿ-Podolsk kʿałakʿi haykakan datarani arjanagrutʿyunnerə (XVI d.) [The Protocols of the Armenian Court in the Town of Kamieniec Podolski (16th c.)]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
5. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “դֆանք”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 177b

Further reading

• Akinean, H. N., editor (1936) Simēon dpri Lehacʿwoy ułegrutʿiwn, taregrutʿiwn ew yišatakarankʿ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 429
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “թըւանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 244b