Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ամանակ (amanak)

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

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ամանակ (amanak)

  1. time
  2. time or measure in music

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ամանակ (amanak)

References

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  • 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