Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կնիք (knikʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կնիք (knikʻ)

  1. seal
    Synonym: (colloquial) պեչատ (pečʻat)
    կնիք դնելknikʻ dnelto affix a seal
    ընկերության կնիքənkerutʻyan knikʻcorporate seal
  2. stamp, impression

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • կնունք (knunkʻ)post-classical, senses “stamp; stamped image; baptism” only

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒅗𒉌𒄣 (kanīku, sealed object: document, bag, bulla, etc.) or 𒁾 (kunukku, seal-cylinder),[1][2][3][4] perhaps via Hurrian[5] or Iranian.[6] The alternation ī ~ u in the Akkadian words is perhaps preserved in Armenian կնիք (knikʻ) ~ կնունք (knunkʻ), կնուք (knukʻ).[4]

Noun edit

կնիք (knikʻ)

  1. seal; signet
    կնիք հարկանելknikʻ harkanelto affix one's seal to, seal
    լուծանել, պարզել զկնիքlucanel, parzel zknikʻto unseal, to break the seal
    կնիք դրամոյknikʻ dramoydie (embossed device used in stamping coins)
    կնիք տալknikʻ talto seal up, to terminate, to finish
    կնիք բանիցknikʻ banicʻconclusion, end of speech
    կնիք բանիսknikʻ banisafter all, in fine, in short, in a word
    կնիք դնել բանիցknikʻ dnel banicʻto wind up a speech, to conclude a discourse
    կնիք Հօրknikʻ Hōrthe only Begotten Son
    կնիք անմահութեանknikʻ anmahutʻeanthe seal or stamp of immortality
    կնիք անփակknikʻ anpʻakflying seal
    կնիք կուսութեանknikʻ kusutʻeanmaidenhead, hymen
    կնիք ազգատոհմիknikʻ azgatohmicoat of arms, armorial bearings, crest, arms
  2. stamp, impression of a seal
  3. (Christianity) sign of the cross
  4. (Christianity) baptism
    կնիք տալknikʻ talto baptize
    կնիք առնուլknikʻ aṙnulto receive baptism, to be baptized
    առնուլ զոք ի կնքոյaṙnul zokʻ i knkʻoyto stand godfather or godmother to
  5. judgement, sentence

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: կնունք (knunkʻ), կնուք (knukʻ)
  • Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1167, page 78
  2. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1882) “Lexikalisches”, in Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen[1] (in German), page 164
  3. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 307–308
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կնիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 608–609
  5. ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[2], volume 105, number 4, page 599a of 597–603
  6. ^ 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 960

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կնիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կնիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy