Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian երախտիք (eraxtikʿ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

երախտիք (eraxtikʿ)

  1. kind deed, kindness, rendered service
  2. (figuratively) merit, desert; services
  3. (rare) gratitude, thankfulness

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *raxti +‎ (-kʿ), with the expected prothetic ե- (e-) before ր- (r-). Compare Persian رخت (raxt, sadness, grief), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lhtn' /⁠raxtan⁠/, to vex, to grieve, to exhaust), [Book Pahlavi needed] (lnc /⁠ranǰ⁠/, toil, trouble), possibly also Sanskrit रक्ति (rakti, affection, attachment, devotion), रक्त (rakta, beloved, dear).

Noun edit

երախտիք (eraxtikʿpl

  1. good deed, favour
    երախտիք առնելeraxtikʿ aṙnelto oblige, to please, to do an act of kindness, to deserve well, to favour

Declension edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երախտիք (eraxtikʿ)

References edit

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երախտիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “երախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 36ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 510
  • Leroy, Maurice (1975), “Les composés arméniens à premier terme apa-”, in Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Emile Benveniste (in French), Louvain: Peeters, page 370
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 36
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “raxtan”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168b
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 879
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “երախտիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy