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Etymology edit

դի (di) +‎ -ակն (-akn)

Noun edit

դիակն (diakn)

  1. corpse, dead body
    պաճուճել դեղովք զդիակնpačučel dełovkʻ zdiaknto embalm
    առնել դիակն անթուելիaṙnel diakn antʻuelito make great carnage
    դիակունք կռոցdiakunkʻ kṙocʻdestruction of idols

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դիակ (diak)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դիակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիակն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիակն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ակն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48