կտակ

From Old Armenian կտակ (ktak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑk/, [kətɑ́k]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdɑɡ/, [ɡədɑ́ɡ]

կտակ • (ktak)

1. will, testament

• կտակել (ktakel)
• կտակարան (ktakaran)

Borrowed from Middle Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gtky), [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gty), [Book Pahlavi needed] (GTʾk, “will, testament, document”). Borrowed into Iranian from Aramaic: compare Classical Syriac ܓܛܐ (geṭṭā, “will, testament, document”).

կտակ • (ktak)

1. will, testament

   կտակ առնել ― ktak aṙnel ― to make one's will

   կտակաւ տալ, թողուլ ― ktakaw tal, tʻołul ― to bequeath by will, to leave a legacy to

   կատարել զկտակ ― katarel zktak ― to execute a will

2. covenant

• Armenian: կտակ (ktak)
  • → Udi: кӏтӏакӏ (ḳṭaḳ)

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