Աղձնիք

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Աղձնիք (Ałjnikʻ).

Pronunciation edit

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑʁd͡zˈnikʰ]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑχt͡sʰˈnikʰ]

Proper noun edit

Աղձնիք • (Aġjnikʻ)

Aghdznik, Arzanene (a historical province of Armenia)

Declension edit

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Աղձնիք (Aġjnikʻ)
dative	Աղձնիքի (Aġjnikʻi)
ablative	Աղձնիքից (Aġjnikʻicʻ)
instrumental	Աղձնիքով (Aġjnikʻov)
locative	Աղձնիքում (Aġjnikʻum)
	definite forms
nominative	Աղձնիքը/Աղձնիքն (Aġjnikʻə/Aġjnikʻn)
dative	Աղձնիքին (Aġjnikʻin)
	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Աղձնիքս (Aġjnikʻs)
dative	Աղձնիքիս (Aġjnikʻis)
ablative	Աղձնիքիցս (Aġjnikʻicʻs)
instrumental	Աղձնիքովս (Aġjnikʻovs)
locative	Աղձնիքումս (Aġjnikʻums)
	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Աղձնիքդ (Aġjnikʻd)
dative	Աղձնիքիդ (Aġjnikʻid)
ablative	Աղձնիքիցդ (Aġjnikʻicʻd)
instrumental	Աղձնիքովդ (Aġjnikʻovd)
locative	Աղձնիքումդ (Aġjnikʻumd)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Thought to derive from Alzi, a land mentioned in Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions. Related to Արզն (Arzn), the name of a fortress in this province. Rendered in Ancient Greek as Ἀρζανηνή (Arzanēnḗ).

Proper noun edit

Աղձնիք • (Ałjnikʻ)

Aghdznik, Arzanene (a province of Armenia)

Declension edit

o-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	Աղձնիք (Ałjnikʻ)
genitive	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
dative	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
accusative	Աղձնիս (Ałjnis)
ablative	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
instrumental	Աղձնեաւք = Աղձնեօք (Ałjneawkʻ = Ałjneōkʻ)
locative	Աղձնիս (Ałjnis)

Descendants edit

→ Armenian: Աղձնիք (Aġjnikʻ) (learned)

References edit

Hübschmann, Heinrich (1904) Die altarmenischen Ortsnamen (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 248–251