Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open. Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *ank- (need, necessity) + -ատ (-at), with cognates such as Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē), Old Irish écen (necessity, compulsion), Welsh angen (necessity), Breton anken (anxiety); on this root see Pokorny. To explain the -ք- (-kʻ-) instead of expected -գ- (-g-) Ałayan assumes the analogical influence of աղքատ (ałkʻat).

Adjective edit

անքատ (ankʻat)

  1. indigent, necessitous, poor, forlorn
  2. greedy; avaricious, covetous

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անքոտ (ankʻot)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անքատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անքատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 214a
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “¹ank-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 45
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 22–23