# տաղախ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* տախախ (taxax)
* տա̊խա̊խ (tåxåx) — dialectological notation

### Etymology

From Old Armenian տաղախ (tałax).

### Noun

տաղախ • (taġax)
* (dialectal, Moks) mud used to cover the roof
    Synonym: փլոլ (pʻlol)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տաղախ”, 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 363a
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “տախախ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 614b
* Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “տա̊խա̊խ”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1)‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 330

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin. Rare in Armenian. Related to Georgian ტალახი (ṭalaxi, “clay, mud; adobe”), and possibly dialectal Armenian տալախ (talax), տալաղ (talaġ, “coagulated, clotted”). Ačaṙyan derives տաղախ (tałax) from Georgian-Zan, because the word is more widespread there and may have a native origin: compare Georgian ტალა (ṭala, “pus from bad tooth”). The similarity with Arabic طَلْخ (ṭalḵ, “muddy water”), which represents a rare metathesis of the known root ل ط خ (l-ṭ-ḵ), is accidental.

### Noun

տաղախ • (tałax)
* mortar
    Synonym: շաղախ (šałax)
** 5th century, Bible, Nehemiah 4.17:Եւ էր ժամ զի օգնէր եղբօր իւրում` կրելով զզէնն ի ձեռին իւրում, եւ միւսով ձեռամբն տայր ցեղբայր իւր զխիճն կամ զտաղախ։Ew ēr žam zi ōgnēr ełbōr iwrum` krelov zzēnn i jeṙin iwrum, ew miwsov jeṙambn tayr cʻełbayr iwr zxičn kam ztałax.

#### Descendants

* Armenian: տաղախ (taġax)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տաղախ”, 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 363a, comparing also to Laz ტოლოფი (ťolopi), which unknown to him is from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭlap-
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տաղախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “տալախ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 362b
* Freytag, Georg (1835) “طَلْخٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63b
* Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “طَلْخٌ”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C$^{ie}$, page 95b
* 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 944
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տաղախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎ (in German), volume 10, number 2, page 111