# կզակ
## Armenian

Picture dictionary :
կզակ
գանգ
ուղեղ
աչք
շրթունք
քիթ
բերան
կզակ
ծնոտ
ականջ
քունք
վիզ :

### Alternative forms

* dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
** կզակ (kzak) — New Julfa, Tbilisi, Vozm
** գզագ (gzag) — Hamshen, Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas
** գզագ (gzag), գզայ (gzay) — Aslanbeg
** գձագ (gjag) — Tekirdağ

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian կզակ (kzak).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kəˈzɑk/, [kəzɑ́k]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡəˈzɑɡ/, [ɡəzɑ́ɡ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

կզակ • (kzak)
* chin
    Synonym: դունչ (dunčʻ)
* (dialectal, Vozm) soft palate, velum
    Synonym: կատիկ (katik)

#### Derived terms

* արյունկզակ (aryunkzak)
* ենթակզակ (entʻakzak)
* ենթակզակային (entʻakzakayin)
* լայնակզակ (laynakzak)
* կզակային (kzakayin)
* կրկնակզակ (krknakzak)

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: gec'ak — Hemşin

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 62

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Sogdian [script needed] (kwcʾk, “mouth; beak”), [script needed] (kwcʾ, “mouth”). Probably related to Old Armenian կոզ-պատ (koz-pat, “woman's veil”).

### Noun

կզակ • (kzak)
* jaw, muzzle; chin
** 5th century, Bible, Job 40.26:Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ ընդ կզակս [translating χεῖλος (kheîlos)] նորա։Etʻē kapicʻe$^?$s anur i kʻitʻs nora; ancʻucʻanicʻe$^?$s dandanawand ənd kzaks [translating χεῖλος (kheîlos)] nora.Translation by Claude E. CoxWill you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?

#### Derived terms

* կզակակապ (kzakakap)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կզակ (kzak), կզակ (kzak) — New Julfa, Tbilisi, Vozm, գզագ (gzag) — Hamshen, Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas, գզագ (gzag), գզայ (gzay) — Aslanbeg, գձագ (gjag) — Tekirdağ
** → Turkish: gec'ak — Hemşin

### References

* ↑ 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, 888
* ↑ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կզակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կզակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կզակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy