# թոկ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Originally a word of the Eastern dialectal area that has now been adopted in the literary language. Unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. Ačarean derives from Georgian თოკი (toḳi) due to lateness and Eastern dialectal distribution.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tʰok/, [tʰok]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /toɡ/, [tʰoɡ]

### Noun

թոկ • (tʻok) (Yerevan, Lori, Shirak, Karabakh, Ghazakh, Tbilisi)
* rope, cord
    Synonyms: պարան (paran), չվան (čʻvan)
    թոկից փախած ― tʻokicʻ pʻaxac ― tearaway, hothead, troublemaker
** 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Թ.188:թոկ· տոռնtʻok· toṙntʻok = տոռն (toṙn)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | թոկ (tʻok) | թոկեր (tʻoker) |
| dative | թոկի (tʻoki) | թոկերի (tʻokeri) |
| ablative | թոկից (tʻokicʻ) | թոկերից (tʻokericʻ) |
| instrumental | թոկով (tʻokov) | թոկերով (tʻokerov) |
| locative | թոկում (tʻokum) | թոկերում (tʻokerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | թոկը/թոկն (tʻokə/tʻokn) | թոկերը/թոկերն (tʻokerə/tʻokern) |
| dative | թոկին (tʻokin) | թոկերին (tʻokerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | թոկս (tʻoks) | թոկերս (tʻokers) |
| dative | թոկիս (tʻokis) | թոկերիս (tʻokeris) |
| ablative | թոկիցս (tʻokicʻs) | թոկերիցս (tʻokericʻs) |
| instrumental | թոկովս (tʻokovs) | թոկերովս (tʻokerovs) |
| locative | թոկումս (tʻokums) | թոկերումս (tʻokerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | թոկդ (tʻokd) | թոկերդ (tʻokerd) |
| dative | թոկիդ (tʻokid) | թոկերիդ (tʻokerid) |
| ablative | թոկիցդ (tʻokicʻd) | թոկերիցդ (tʻokericʻd) |
| instrumental | թոկովդ (tʻokovd) | թոկերովդ (tʻokerovd) |
| locative | թոկումդ (tʻokumd) | թոկերումդ (tʻokerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* թոկել (tʻokel)

### References

* ↑ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 122

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “թոկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 372–373
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 193–194
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “թոկ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 217a
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “թոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʻ anvkaykʻ i grocʻ aṙ mez ełelocʻ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1062b
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թոկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 232
* Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “թօկ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 215c
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “թոկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 124–125