Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *arbʰ- and cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha, little, small; boy), Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), работа (rabota), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (arbaiþs).[1][2]

Noun edit

արբանեակ (arbaneak)

  1. servant, assistant, successor; follower
    արբանեակ մոլորակիarbaneak molorakisatellite of a planet

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: արբանյակ (arbanyak)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արբանեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արբանեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արբանեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy