Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian անձուկ (anjuk); see it for more.

Adjective edit

անձուկ (anjuk) (superlative ամենաանձուկ)

  1. narrow, strait
    անձուկ փողոցanjuk pʻoġocʻnarrow street
  2. (figuratively) constrained, straitened
    անձուկ պայմաններanjuk paymannerstraitened circumstances
  3. (figuratively) desired, longed-for
Declension edit

Noun edit

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. (figuratively) desire, wish
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From ան- (an-) +‎ ձուկ (juk).

Adjective edit

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. fishless, not containing fish, without fish
Declension edit

Adverb edit

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անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. without a fish

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “անձուկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus +‎ -ուկ (-uk).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Alternatively, according to Henning, borrowed from the Middle Iranian cognate *anzūk: compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾnjwgyft /⁠anǰūg-īft⁠/, anguish, distress), Middle Persian 𐫍𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫏 (hnjwgyy /⁠hanǰūg-ī⁠/, anguish).[9][10][11]

Adjective edit

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. narrow, strait
  2. difficult, tough

Declension edit

Noun edit

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. narrow passage, defile, strait, pass
  2. mountainous place which is hard to traverse
  3. anxiety, affliction
  4. desire, wish
    անձուկ ունելanjuk unelto desire, to wish

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անձուկ (anjuk)

References edit

  1. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 15
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 420
  3. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  4. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անձուկ”, 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 204ab
  5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 42–43
  6. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 588
  7. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 12
  8. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anjuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 94
  9. ^ Henning, W. B. (1963) “Coriander”, in Asia Major, New Series[2], volume X/2, page 196
  10. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39
  11. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 391a

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անձուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy