Armenian

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աչք

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian աչք (ačʻkʻ).

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Noun

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աչք (ačʻkʻ)

  1. eye
    կապույտ աչքերkapuyt ačʻkʻerblue eyes

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃(o)kʷih₁ (both eyes), dual of *h₃ókʷs (eye), +‎ (-kʻ).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

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աչք (ačʻkʻpl

  1. eyes; sight; look
    աչս արձակել՝ արկանելačʻs arjakel, arkanelto cast eyes upon, to desire
    ըստ աչս դատելəst ačʻs datelto judge by first sight
    յաչս դնելyačʻs dnelto despise
    առ աչս հայելaṙ ačʻs hayelto pay respect to persons
    յաչաց հանելyačʻacʻ hanelto render odious
    յաչաց ելանելyačʻacʻ elanelto be in disgrace, to lose the good graces of any one
    առ աչօքaṙ ačʻōkʻfantastical, fanciful, chimerical; visibly
    առ աչօք ինչ տեսիլ, երեւոյթaṙ ačʻōkʻ inčʻ tesil, erewoytʻspectre, phantom, ghost; vision, illusion
    կալ աչացkal ačʻacʻto become blind
    թերաբաց աչքtʻerabacʻ ačʻkʻhalf-closed eyes
    յաչս դնելyačʻs dnelto be bold, to brave, to defy
    աչք յարտասուսačʻkʻ yartasustears in the eyes, weeping
    զաչս ի վայր արկանելzačʻs i vayr arkanelto lower the eyes
    ցաւ աչացcʻaw ačʻacʻcomplaint, pain in the eyes

Usage notes

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The word was used as the plural form of ակն (akn, eye) and referred to both eyes. Not so in modern Armenian.

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աչք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ač‘-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 98

Further reading

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