ասկն

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

According to Martirosyan, who is developing Ałayan's etymology, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂Hs-g-m, from *h₂eHs- (“to burn, to glow”). For the sense development compare կայծ (kayc, “spark, sparkle; fire; carbuncle (gemstone)”).

Noun edit

ասկն • (askn)

precious stone of red colour, probably ruby
- 5th century, Severian of Gabala, Čaṙkʿ [Homilies] III:^[1]^[2]
  Ի կամարի քահանային 12 ակն՝ յականց պատուականաց, սարիդոն և տպազիոն և զմրուխտ, ասկն և շափիւղայն և յասպիս, գոճազմ և ակատ և կարկեհան, ոսկեակն և բիւրեղ և եղեգնաքար […] յառաջին կարգին զսարդիոնն և զտպազիոնն և զմրուխտն, և յերկրորդում զասկնն և զշափիղայն և զյասպիսն […]
  I kamari kʻahanayin 12 akn, yakancʻ patuakanacʻ, saridon ew tpazion ew zmruxt, askn ew šapʻiwłayn ew yaspis, gočazm ew akat ew karkehan, oskeakn ew biwreł ew ełegnakʻar […] yaṙaǰin kargin zsardionn ew ztpazionn ew zmruxtn, ew yerkrordum zasknn ew zšapʻiłayn ew zyaspisn […]
  Translation by J.B. Aucher
  atque in zona Sacerdotis duodecim gemmae ex lapidibus pretiosis: սt sunt Sardius, et topazius, et smaragdus; carbunculus, et sapphirus, et jaspis; ligurius, et achates, et amethystus; chrysolithus, et beryllius, et onyx. Jussit autem Deus duodecim illas gemmas sic connecti; in primo ordine Sardium, topazium, et smaragdum; in secundo carbunculum, sapphirum, et jaspidem; in tertio autem ligurium, achatem, et amethystum: in quarto demum chrysolithum, beryllium, et oոycem

References edit

^ Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ (1827) Seberianosi kam Sewerianosi Emesacʻwoy Gabałacʻwoy episkoposi Čaṙkʻ [Severiani sive Seberiani Gabalorum episcopi Emesensis Homiliae] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 97–98
^ Seberianos (1830) Seberianosi Emesacʻwoy Gabałacʻwocʻ episkoposi Čaṙkʻ ŽE [Fifteen homilies of Severianus of Emessa] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ; Seberianos), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 46-47

Further reading edit

Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 29
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “askn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 118

[1] Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ (1827) Seberianosi kam Sewerianosi Emesacʻwoy Gabałacʻwoy episkoposi Čaṙkʻ [Severiani sive Seberiani Gabalorum episcopi Emesensis Homiliae] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 97–98

[2] Seberianos (1830) Seberianosi Emesacʻwoy Gabałacʻwocʻ episkoposi Čaṙkʻ ŽE [Fifteen homilies of Severianus of Emessa] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ; Seberianos), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 46-47

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