Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղանակ (ełanak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

եղանակ (eġanak)

  1. weather
    Synonym: (dialectal) հավաք (havakʻ)
  2. season
  3. mode, manner
    արտաբերման եղանակartaberman eġanakmanner of articulation
  4. method, technique
  5. melody, tune
  6. (grammar) mood
    ըղձական եղանակəġjakan eġanaksubjunctive mood

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

եղանիմ (ełanim) +‎ -ակ (-ak)

Noun edit

եղանակ (ełanak)

  1. mode, manner
  2. melody, tune
  3. weather; season

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: եղանակ (eġanak)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղ”, 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) “եղանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy