տառատոկ

տառատոկ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• տառովտակ (taṙovtak), տառովակ (taṙovak), տառոտակ (taṙotak), տառիովտակ (taṙiovtak), տառիովկատ (taṙiovkat)

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

տառատոկ • (taṙatok)

1. a garment, cloak, coat
   • 5th century, Bible, Judges 3.16:[1]

     Եւ արար իւր Աւովդ սուր երկսայրի՝ թզաւ յերկայնութիւն, եւ եդ յաջոյ ազդեր իւրում ընդ տառատոկաւն (var. տառոտակաւն, տառիովկտաւն) եւ գնաց։

     Ew arar iwr Awovd sur erksayri, tʿzaw yerkaynutʿiwn, ew ed yaǰoy azder iwrum ənd taṙatokawn (var. taṙotakawn, taṙiovktawn) ew gnacʿ.

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.

   • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Տ.60:[2]

     Տառովտակ (var. տառովակ) = զգեստ, կամ գրատ։

     Taṙovtak (var. taṙovak) = zgest, kam grat.

     Taṙovtak = garment or grat.

Usage notes

Attested only in Judges 3.16, rendering Ancient Greek μανδύας (mandúas).

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	տառատոկ (taṙatok)		տառատոկք (taṙatokkʿ)
genitive	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʿ)
dative	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʿ)
accusative	տառատոկ (taṙatok)		տառատոկս (taṙatoks)
ablative	տառատոկէ (taṙatokē)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʿ)
instrumental	տառատոկաւ (taṙatokaw)		տառատոկաւք = տառատոկօք (taṙatokawkʿ = taṙatokōkʿ)
locative	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկս (taṙatoks)

Descendants

• → Armenian: տառատոկ (taṙatok)

References

1. Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805) Astuacašunčʿ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʿ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 476
2. Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975) Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 308

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տառատոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 377a, unknown origin
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 90, pages 142–143, relating the first part to տեռ (teṙ, “veil”), տեռեմ (teṙem, “to flay or to become callous, be covered with hard layer of skin”) and the second part to տիկ (tik, “wineskin”)
• Avagyan, S. A. (1963) Vimakan arjanagrutʿyunneri baṙakʿnnutʿyun [Lexical studies on Armenian epigraphy] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, § 127, pages 318–319, relating *տառ- (*taṙ-) to the first part of տառաշուրջառ (taṙašurǰaṙ, “a kind of chasuble”) attested in an inscription at Dadivank Monastery
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “տառատոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 848a
• Hacʿuni, Vardan (1923) Patmutʿiwn hin hay tarazin [History of ancient Armenian dress], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 158–159, deriving from տարր (tarr, “element”) and տոկ- (tok-, “to endure”), as a sturdy dress that endures the four elements
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “taṙatok”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 611
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 947, unknown origin
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “տառատոկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 692a