Etymology

Dashnak

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Today it means: A member of Dashnaktsutyun, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890. Full definition →

Armenian դաշնակ
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  1. Armenian · borrowed fromդաշնակ
  2. English todayDashnak

Borrowed from Armenian դաշնակ (dašnak). The forms with T- are from the Western Armenian pronunciation.

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