Անակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Անակ; see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA: [ɑˈnɑk]
• (Western Armenian) IPA: [ɑˈnɑɡ]

Proper noun

Անակ (Anak)

1. A male given name of historical usage. Name of the Parthian father of Gregory the Illuminator.

Declension

declension (Eastern Armenian) i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Անակ (Anak)
nominative definite	Անակը/Անակն (Anakə/Anakn)
genitive/dative	Անակի (Anaki)
dative/accusative definite	Անակին (Anakin)
ablative	Անակից (Anakicʿ)
instrumental	Անակով (Anakov)
locative	-

declension of possessive forms (Eastern Armenian)

	1st person possession (my)
	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Անակս (Anaks)
genitive/dative	Անակիս (Anakis)
ablative	Անակիցս (Anakicʿs)
instrumental	Անակովս (Anakovs)
locative	- ()
	2nd person possession (your)
	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Անակդ (Anakd)
genitive/dative	Անակիդ (Anakid)
ablative	Անակիցդ (Anakicʿd)
instrumental	Անակովդ (Anakovd)
locative	- ()

External links

• Search “Անակ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian anāk (“evil, bad”). Compare modern Persian ناك (nāk, “stained, polluted”).

Proper noun

Անակ (Anak)  (singular genitive Անակայ, singular instrumental Անակաւ)

1. A male given name.

Declension

declension a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Անակ (Anak)
genitive	Անակայ (Anakay)
dative	Անակայ (Anakay)
accusative	Անակ (Anak)
accusative definite	զԱնակ (zAnak)
ablative	յԱնակայ (yAnakay)
instrumental	Անակաւ (Anakaw)
locative	յԱնակ (yAnak)

Usage notes

The name was borne by the Parthian father of Gregory the Illuminator.

Descendants

• Armenian: Անակ

References

• “Անակ” in H. Hübschmann (1837), Armenische Grammatik (Leipzig), on page 2
• “Անակ” in Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui: Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ (Venice)