յօնք
Middle Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian յօնք (yōnkʻ).
Noun edit
յօնք • (yōnkʻ) pl, genitive plural յօնից (yōnicʻ)
- eyebrows
- 1578 – 1632, Movsēs Tatʿewacʿi, Ołb i mahn Srapion Katʿołikosi [Lamentation of the death of Catholicos Srapion] :[1][2]
- Յայտդ քո լուսով, ունքդ քո կամար, զիա՞րդ նստեցար
- Yaytd kʻo lusov, unkʻd kʻo kamar, zia?rd nstecʻar
- Translation by S. Peter Cowe
- Your cheek with light, your eyebrows an arch, how did you disappear from sight?
- Յայտդ քո լուսով, ունքդ քո կամար, զիա՞րդ նստեցար
Derived terms edit
- ընդվայրայօն (əndvayrayōn)
- կկզայօն (kkzayōn)
- կցայօն (kcʻayōn)
- յունքար (yunkʻar)
- յօնքար (yōnkʻar)
Descendants edit
- Armenian: հոնք (honkʻ)
References edit
- ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73
- ^ [1]
Further reading edit
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յօն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Old Armenian edit
Noun edit
յօնք • (yōnkʻ)
- nominative plural of յօն (yōn)