Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ակնթարթ (akntʻartʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ակնթարթ (akntʻartʻ)

  1. blink of an eye
  2. instant, second

Declension edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

ակն (akn) +‎ թարթել (tʻartʻel)

Noun edit

ակնթարթ (akntʻartʻ)

  1. blink of an eye

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ակնթարթ (akntʻartʻ)

Further reading edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ակնթարթ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ակնթարթ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian