Ծղուկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Ծղուկ (Cłuk).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡səˈʁuk/, [t͡səʁúk]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡zəˈʁuɡ/, [d͡zəʁúɡ]
• Hyphenation: Ծը‧ղուկ

Proper noun

Ծղուկ • (Cġuk)

1. Tsghuk (a historical district of Syunik province, Armenia)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Ծղուկ (Cġuk)
dative	Ծղուկի (Cġuki)
ablative	Ծղուկից (Cġukicʻ)
instrumental	Ծղուկով (Cġukov)
locative	Ծղուկում (Cġukum)
	definite forms
nominative	Ծղուկը/Ծղուկն (Cġukə/Cġukn)
dative	Ծղուկին (Cġukin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Ծղուկս (Cġuks)
dative	Ծղուկիս (Cġukis)
ablative	Ծղուկիցս (Cġukicʻs)
instrumental	Ծղուկովս (Cġukovs)
locative	Ծղուկումս (Cġukums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Ծղուկդ (Cġukd)
dative	Ծղուկիդ (Cġukid)
ablative	Ծղուկիցդ (Cġukicʻd)
instrumental	Ծղուկովդ (Cġukovd)
locative	Ծղուկումդ (Cġukumd)

References

• Hakobyan, Tʻ. X., Melikʻ-Baxšyan, St. T., Barseġyan, H. X. (1988) “Ծղուկ”, in Hayastani ew harakicʻ šrǰanneri teġanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Regions] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 856–857

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Ծղուկք (Cłukkʻ), Ծղուկն (Cłukn), Ծղակ (Cłak), Ծղունք (Cłunkʻ), Ծղակք (Cłakkʻ)

Etymology

From Urartian 𒆳𒍮𒇻𒄣𒌑𒂊 (KUR.ṣu-lu-qu-ú-e /⁠Ṣuluqu⁠/), attested in an inscription by Argishti II. According to J̌ahukyan, it may have been borrowed into Urartian from an Eastern Iranian (perhaps the Scythian) cognate of Shughni цулуқ (culuq, “upright, vertical, steep”).

Proper noun

Ծղուկ • (Cłuk)

1. Tsghuk (a district of Syunik province, Armenia)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Ծղուկ (Cġuk) (learned)