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, Book of Judges 3.16:

     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, tʻzaw yerkaynutʻiwn, ew ed yaǰoy azder iwrum ənd taṙatokawn (var. taṙotakawn, taṙiovktawn) ew gnacʻ.

     • 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 Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Տ.60:

     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 (taṙatokkʻ)
genitive	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʻ)
dative	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʻ)
accusative	տառատոկ (taṙatok)		տառատոկս (taṙatoks)
ablative	տառատոկէ (taṙatokē)		տառատոկաց (taṙatokacʻ)
instrumental	տառատոկաւ (taṙatokaw)		տառատոկաւք = տառատոկօք (taṙatokawkʻ = taṙatokōkʻ)
locative	տառատոկի (taṙatoki)		տառատոկս (taṙatoks)

Descendants

• → Armenian: տառատոկ (taṙatok)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տառատոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 377a, unknown origin
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎^[2] (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 arjanagrutʻyunneri baṙakʻnnutʻyun [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
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տառատոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 848a
• Hacʻuni, Vardan (1923) Patmutʻiwn 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 and 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “տառատոկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 692a