Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian նպատակ (npatak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

նպատակ (npatak)

  1. aim (point intended to be hit)
  2. aim (intention or purpose)
    նպատակին հասնելnpatakin hasnelto accomplish a purpose

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from an Iranian word of the form *nipātaka-. Compare Sanskrit निपात (nipāta, descent, falling). For the constituents compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní (down) and Ossetian фат (fat), Yagnobi pot (arrow).[1][2][3] First etymologized by de Lagarde.[4]

Noun edit

նպատակ (npatak)

  1. aim (point intended to be hit)
    կէտ նպատակիkēt npatakiaim
    ուղղել ի նպատակնułłel i npataknto take aim at, to aim, to level at, to point
    հարկանել ի նպատակնharkanel i npataknto hit the mark
  2. aim (intention or purpose)
    հարկանել ի նպատակնharkanel i npataknto attain one's end
  3. model, prototype
  4. prize
    առնուլ կամ յափշտակել զնպատակնaṙnul kam yapʻštakel znpataknto win the prize

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: նպատակ (npatak)

References edit

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 261b
  2. ^ 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 249
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նպատակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 574–575
  4. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 66

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նպատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 475a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նպատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 453c
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 207
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նպատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 538b