Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ամանակ (amanak); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ամանակ (amanak)

  1. (linguistics) mora
  2. (music) measure, rate of movement, tempo, time

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *amānak. Compare Persian امان (amân, time).

Noun edit

ամանակ (amanak)

  1. time
  2. time or measure in music

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ամանակ (amanak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “amanak”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 46