փալասկա
Armenian
Alternative forms
- փալասխա (pʿalasxa)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پالاسقه (palaska).
Noun
փալասկա • (pʿalaska)
- (Istanbul) cartridge box, cartridge belt, cartouchière, giberne
- Synonym: փամփշտակալ (pʿampʿštakal)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1951), “փալասկա”, in Ewropakan pʿoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 151
- Eduard, Hiwrmiwzean (1869), “փալասխայ”, in Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 536a