ակն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ակն (akn).

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Noun[edit]

ակն (akn)

  1. (archaic) eye
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of ակ (ak)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (eye). The exact route of derivation is disputed. Martirosyan proposes Proto-Armenian *ak(k)n*akʰkon*akʰ-Proto-Indo-European *h₃kʷ-, for the suffix comparing -կն (-kn) and Ancient Greek ὄκκον (ókkon). Other senses are formed by various associations with "eye" and have also occurred in Old Georgian თუალი (tuali).

Noun[edit]

ակն (akn)

  1. eye
    յակն անկանելyakn ankanelto be noticed, appear
    ակն արկանելakn arkanelto cast eyes upon
    յակն արկանելyakn arkanelto show; to review, to read
    զակն արկանելzakn arkanelto despise, turn away
    յակն առնուլyakn aṙnulto like; to have an eye to, watch, take care of
    ակն ածելakn acelto venerate, respect; to take care of
    ակն առնուլakn aṙnulto show a respect of persons; to be partial
    ակն դնելakn dnelto desire, look with desire
    յակն գալyakn galto appear, come into sight
    ակն տալakn talto look, watch
    ընդ ակն խոցելənd akn xocʻelto break the heart
    զակամբ գալzakamb galto cloud the eyes
    առ ական դիպելaṙ akan dipelto meet, bump into, see by accident
    ընդ ակամբ հայիլənd akamb hayilto scowl, look surly at, sulk
    ընդ ակամբ ակնարկելənd akamb aknarkelto scowl
    յականէ յանուանէyakanē yanuanēby name, specially, expressly
    յական թօթափելyakan tʻōtʻapʻelin the twinkling of an eye, instantaneously
    ակն յայտնի, ակն յանդիմանakn yaytni, akn yandimanin presence of, visibly, openly
    առ ականէaṙ akanēostentatiously
    ակն ի խոնարհakn i xonarhquite confused
    կորովաբիբ ակնkorovabib aknArgus-eyed, piercing eye
    ակն կառուցեալ հայելakn kaṙucʻeal hayelto look fixedly
    ակն ընդ ական, ատամն ընդ ատամանakn ənd akan, atamn ənd atamaneye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
    ակն լուսոյ, ակն տուընջեան, ակն արեւուakn lusoy, akn tuənǰean, akn arewuthe sun, the eye of the sun

Usage notes[edit]

The word was used only in singular and referred to one eye. For plural աչք (ačʻkʻ) was used.

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  • Armenian: ակն (akn)

Noun[edit]

ակն (akn)

  1. hope, expectation
    ակն ունելakn unelto hope, to expect
  2. hole, ditch
    ակն ուռկանիakn uṙkanihole of a fishing net
    ակն տապարիakn taparithe orifice of the hatchet, axe
    ակն գերեզմանիakn gerezmanigrave, tomb
    ական հատանելakan hatanelto mine, to dig a pit, to bore a wall
  3. spring, source, origin of water
  4. bud, germ
  5. the central point of the bars of a cross
  6. precious stone, jewel, gem
    ակն վանիakn vanirock crystal
    բազմագունի ակնbazmaguni aknsuccinum (yellow amber)
  7. type of a sea mollusk
  8. measure

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակն”, 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) “ակն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ակն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “akn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 22