Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ակիշ (akiš), from Iranian: compare Persian آکج (âkej, hook).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ակիշ (akiš)

  1. fire iron with a hook for stirring the fire in a թոնիր (tʻonir)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 2:[1]
      ակիշ․ փալէթթայ
      akiš; pʻalētʻtʻay
      ակիշ (akiš) = paletta
  2. tool for scraping off dough in a trough

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Descendants edit

  • Turkish: eğiş, egiş, eğeş, eyeş, egeş, egüç

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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 213

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ակիշ”, 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 106a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 16–17
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ակիշ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 23a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “ակիշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 29a