# շալակ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian շալակ (šalak), from Old Armenian շալակ (šalak).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ʃɑˈlɑk/, [ʃɑlɑ́k]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ʃɑˈlɑɡ/, [ʃɑlɑ́ɡ]

### Noun

շալակ • (šalak)
* shoulders; back
    Synonym: թիկունք (tʻikunkʻ)
* load that can be carried on the back
    Synonym: շալակաբեռ (šalakabeṙ)

#### Derived terms

* շալակաբեռ (šalakabeṙ)
* շալակավոր (šalakavor)
* շալակճվարան (šalakčvaran)
* շալակտար (šalaktar)
* շալկնտել (šalkntel)
* շալկվոր (šalkvor)
* շալկվորել (šalkvorel)
* ոսկեշալակ (oskešalak)
* քաքաշալակ (kʻakʻašalak)

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: şeleg, şelek, şele
* → Udi: шӏалакӏ (š:alaḳ)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շալակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 481a
* Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 113

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Iranian together with Arabic شَلَّاق (šallāq, “beggar’s knapsack”), but the details are uncertain. See the Arabic for more.

### Noun

շալակ • (šalak)
* sack
    Synonyms: պարկ (park), մախաղ (maxał)
* litter, sedan chair
    Synonym: պատգարակ (patgarak)
* load
    Synonym: բեռն (beṙn)
* shoulders; back
    Synonyms: կռնակ (kṙnak), թիկունք (tʻikunkʻ)
* marginal or interlinear correction in a text

#### Derived terms

* շալակամատն (šalakamatn)
* շալակեմ (šalakem)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: շալակ (šalak)
** Armenian: շալակ (šalak)
*** → Turkish: şeleg, şelek, şele
*** → Udi: шӏалакӏ (š:alaḳ)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շալակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 480–481
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “շալակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շալակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 272
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “շալակ”, 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 566
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “շալակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* 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, pages 244, 941
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շալակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy