Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Armenian ակութ (akutʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ակութ (akutʻ)

  1. hearth for cooking food
  2. small tandoor

Declension

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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The attempts[1][2] to derive from the Proto-Indo-European word for "cooking vessel" with such cognates as Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Latin olla, Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, are irregular[3][4] and should be abandoned. We are dealing with a borrowing from Middle Georgian აკუთა (aḳuta) which has a convincing Ossetian etymology.

Noun

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ակութ (akutʻ)

  1. cookstove

Descendants

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  • Armenian: ակութ (akutʻ)

References

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  1. ^ Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 151
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 443
  3. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1983) “An Etymological Dictionary of the Indo-European Components of Armenian”, in Bazmavep[2], volume 141, numbers 1–4, Venice, page 265
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “akut‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 23

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ակութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ակութ”, 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 110a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ակութ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 19
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ակութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[4], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86