մկան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Morphologically from Old Armenian մկան (mkan, the back), but semantically from մուկն (mukn, muscle).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մկան (mkan)

  1. muscle
    Synonym: մուսկուլ (muskul)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as մուկն (mukn, muscle).

Noun[edit]

մկան (mkan)

  1. fleshy parts of the body (reins, loin, haunch, flank)
  2. (in the plural) the back
  3. (in the plural, figuratively) swell, waves, billows (on the water surface)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մկան (mkan)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մկան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մկան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մկան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press