ահոկ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• աֆոկ (afok)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ահոկ (ahok).

Noun

ահոկ • (ahok)

1. harm, fault, blame

Derived terms

• ահոկել (ahokel)
• ահոկութիւն (ahokutʻiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: աֆոգ (afog), աֆեգ (afeg)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աֆոկ”, 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) “ահոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հոք (hokʻ)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhwk /⁠āhōg⁠/, “fault, blemish”), Persian آهو (âhô, “fault”), Central Kurdish ئاھۆ (aho, “epidemic”), Avestan 𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬌- (āhiti-, “pollution”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *āh(i̯)-va-.

Noun

ահոկ • (ahok)

1. harm, fault, blame

   Synonym: վնաս (vnas)

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ահոկ (ahok)		ահոկք (ahokkʻ)
genitive	ահոկոյ (ahokoy)		ահոկոց (ahokocʻ)
dative	ահոկոյ (ahokoy)		ահոկոց (ahokocʻ)
accusative	ահոկ (ahok)		ահոկս (ahoks)
ablative	ահոկոյ (ahokoy)		ահոկոց (ahokocʻ)
instrumental	ահոկով (ahokov)		ահոկովք (ahokovkʻ)
locative	ահոկ (ahok)		ահոկս (ahoks)

Derived terms

• անահոկ (anahok)

Related terms

• Անահիտ (Anahit)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: ահոկ (ahok), աֆոկ (afok)
  • Armenian: աֆոգ (afog), աֆեգ (afeg)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ահոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աֆոկ”, 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) “ահոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 95
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 453a of 445–459