Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բոկ (bok)

Adjective edit

բոկ (bok)

  1. (rare) barefooted
Declension edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-, whence also բոկեղ (bokeġ, a kind of round bread).[1] See there for more.

Noun edit

բոկ (bok)

  1. (dialectal, Partizak) burnt khoriz (a filling that consists of flour, butter and sugar)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոկեղ”, 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 463

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.[1][2][3][4][5] The origin of (-k) is disputed. One possibility is that it is a remnant of *-gʷ- in a compound of *bʰosós with *gʷem- or *gʷeh₂- (to step, go) meaning "walking barefoot, barefoot-going".[6][7][8]

Adjective edit

բոկ (bok)

  1. barefooted

Adverb edit

բոկ (bok)

  1. barefooted

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բոկ (bok) (learned)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1881) “Armeniaca. II”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 35, number 4, page 654 of 654–663
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 430
  3. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1936) Esquisse d’une grammaire comparée de l’arménien classique (in French), 2nd edition, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 38
  4. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոկ”, 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 462–463
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 180, 464–465
  6. ^ Pisani, Vittore (1978) Mantissa[2], Brescia: Paideia, page 304
  7. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1986–1987) “Armenian bok 'barefoot'”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes, volume 20, pages 35–36
  8. ^ 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, pages 208, 700, 786

Further reading edit

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