քաղց

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քաղց (kʻałcʻ)

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰɑχt͡sʰ/, [kʰɑχt͡sʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑχt͡s/, [kʰɑχt͡sʰ]

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քաղց • (kʻaġcʻ)

1. (somewhat formal) hunger

• սովածություն (sovacutʻyun)

From Proto-Indo-European *swl̥dsḱ-, grown from *swel- (“to burn, to scorch”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sweltaną, whence Old Norse svelta (“to starve”). See also Old Armenian քաղցր (kʻałcʻr).

քաղց • (kʻałcʻ)

1. hunger

   քաղց դժնդակ, ուժգին, անհնարին ― kʻałcʻ džndak, užgin, anhnarin ― violent, canine, ravenous appetite or hunger

   յուղել զքաղց ― yułel zkʻałcʻ ― to excite, sharpen or quicken the appetite

   քաղցիւ հարկանիլ ― kʻałcʻiw harkanil ― to be hunger-beaten, to be or feel hungry

   մեռանել առ քաղցոյն ― meṙanel aṙ kʻałcʻoyn ― to starve, to die of starvation

   հարկանել զքաղց ― harkanel zkʻałcʻ ― to stay or satiate hunger

2. (as an adjective) hungry

• Armenian: քաղց (kʻaġcʻ)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քաղց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քաղց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քաղց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy