Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian առանցք (aṙancʻkʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առանցք (aṙancʻkʻ)

  1. (mathematics, physics) axis
  2. pivot; axle
  3. (figuratively) pivot, central point

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ անցք (ancʻkʻ).

Noun edit

առանցք (aṙancʻkʻ)

  1. passage
  2. axis
  3. pivot

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առանցք (aṙancʻkʻ) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առանցք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page անց