Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բարկ (bark).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բարկ (bark) (superlative ամենաբարկ)

  1. scorching, burning hot
    բարկ արևbark arewscorching sun
  2. (of alcohol) strong
  3. bitter

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bérg(ʷ)-os (unfriendly); cognate with Latvian bargs, Latgalian borgs, Old Norse berkja.

Adjective edit

բարկ (bark) indeclinable

  1. bitter
  2. (figuratively) angry, irascible, peevish
  3. loud (about talking, especially laughing)
  4. fiery, very hot

Noun edit

բարկ (bark) indeclinable

  1. lightning

Adverb edit

բարկ (bark)

  1. very

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բարկ (bark)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարկ”, 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) “bark”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 170