ներթակն

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan probably from ներ (ner, “husband’s brother’s wife”) +‎ թակն (tʻakn, “mouse”).

Noun

ներթակն • (nertʻakn)

1. rat

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ներթակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “nert‘akn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 503