Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սկահ (skah).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սկահ (skah)

  1. large bowl

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Syriac ܐܣܩܦܐ (ʾesqəp̄āʾ). Doublet of սկիհ (skih) from the same source. The reason for the alternate -ա- ~ -ի- (-a- ~ -i-) reflexes is unknown.

Noun edit

սկահ (skah)

  1. bowl
    • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 25.31:
      Եւ արասցես աշտանակ յոսկւոյ սրբոյ․ ճախարակեայ գործեսցես զաշտանակն․ բունն եւ ստեղունքն եւ սկահքն եւ գնդակքն եւ շուշանքն անդստին ի նմանէ իցէ։
      Ew arascʻes aštanak yoskwoy srboy; čaxarakeay gorcescʻes zaštanakn; bunn ew stełunkʻn ew skahkʻn ew gndakkʻn ew šušankʻn andstin i nmanē icʻē.

Usage notes edit

In the Bible translation, corresponds to Classical Syriac ܐܣܩܦܐ (ʾesqəp̄āʾ) and Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սկահ (skah) (learned)
  • ? Georgian: სკა (sḳa)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սկահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 225–226
  • Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1821) Bacʻatrutʻiwn čʻapʻucʻ ew kšṙocʻ naxneacʻ [Explanation of the Measures and Weights of the Ancients] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 165–166
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սկահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 460
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սկահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Further reading edit

  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎[2] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 245
  • Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 224
  • 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 957