Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սոխակ (soxak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սոխակ (soxak)

  1. nightingale
  2. (figuratively) someone with a very beautiful voice

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from an unidentified Iranian source.

Noun edit

սոխակ (soxak)

  1. purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
  2. thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
    սոխակ երգէ, գեղգեղէsoxak ergē, gełgełēthe nightingale sings

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սոխակ (soxak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սոխակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սոխակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սոխակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սոխակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “սոխակ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press