հակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian հակ (hak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

հակ (hak)

  1. bale, bag, sack, pack
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 36:[1]
      հակ․ պալլայ
      hak; pallay
      հակ (hak) = balla

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pog-, *peg- (shoulder, hip, side),[2] whence Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), Latin pectus, Russian пах (pax).[3]

The sense "bale, bag" developed from a pair of bags hanging opposite each other from the sides of a horse.[1]

Adjective[edit]

հակ (hak)

  1. contrary, opposed to

Noun[edit]

հակ (hak)

  1. (post-Classical) bale, bag, sack, pack
  2. (post-Classical) answer

Usage notes[edit]

In the translations of the Hellenizing School, հակ- (hak-) was used post-classically as a prefix corresponding to Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, anti-, against), e.g. հակադարձ (hakadarj) = ἀντίστροφος (antístrophos), հակակիր (hakakir) = ἀντιπαθής (antipathḗs), հակատրամատեմ (hakatramatem) = ἀντιδιαίρεσις (antidiaíresis), հակադրեմ (hakadrem) = ἀντιτίθημι (antitíthēmi).[1]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հակ (hak), հակ- (hak-)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հակ”, 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, pages 11–12
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 439a
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 792–793

Further reading[edit]

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