Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երամակ (eramak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

երամակ (eramak)

  1. drove, herd, flock
    ձիերի երամակjieri eramaka drove of horses

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Of Iranian origin. Compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (rmg' /⁠ramag⁠/, flock), Middle Persian [script needed] (lmk' /⁠ramag⁠/, herd, flock), Persian رمه (rama, herd, flock). Related to երամ (eram).

Noun edit

երամակ (eramak)

  1. herd, flock (of animals)
    երամակ ձիոցeramak jiocʻherd of horses
    երամակ այծից, ոչխարացeramak aycicʻ, očʻxaracʻflock of goats, of sheep
    երամակ խոզիցeramak xozicʻherd of swine

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երամակ (eramak) (learned)

References edit

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