Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նկուն (nkun).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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նկուն (nkun) (superlative ամենանկուն)

  1. defeated, contemptible
  2. short, low

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nkwn' /⁠nigūn⁠/), Persian نگون (negun, inverted, upside down).

Adjective

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նկուն (nkun)

  1. defeated, contemptible
    նկուն առնելnkun aṙnelto conquer, subdue, humble
    նկուն լինելnkun linelto be conquered, overcome, humbled
    • 5th century, Bible, Ruth 1.21:
      Լի չոգայ, եւ ունայն դարձոյց զիս Տէր․ եւ արդ՝ ընդէ՞ր կոչէք զիս Նոոմին, եւ Տէր նկուն արար զիս, եւ Բաւականն չարչարեաց զիս:
      Li čʻogay, ew unayn darjoycʻ zis Tēr; ew ard, əndē?r kočʻēkʻ zis Noomin, ew Tēr nkun arar zis, ew Bawakann čʻarčʻareacʻ zis:
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me?
  2. short, low

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: նկուն (nkun) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նկուն”, 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) “նկուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 205
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “նկուն”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նկուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy