աւերանք

Old Armenian

Etymology

Wholly borrowed from Iranian (compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, “ruin, destruction”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwylʾn' /⁠awērān⁠/), Persian ویران (virân, “desolate, ruined”)) or formed in Armenian as աւերեմ (awerem) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ).

Noun

աւերանք • (awerankʻ) pl

1. ruin, devastation

Declension

i-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	աւերանք (awerankʻ)
genitive	աւերանաց (aweranacʻ)
dative	աւերանաց (aweranacʻ)
accusative	աւերանս (awerans)
ablative	աւերանաց (aweranacʻ)
instrumental	աւերանաւք = աւերանօք (aweranawkʻ = aweranōkʻ)
locative	աւերանս (awerans)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ավերանք (averankʻ)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւեր”, 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, pages 359–360
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւերանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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, page 869
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւերանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy