Անակ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Անակ (Anak).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Անակ (Anak)

  1. A male given name of historical usage.

Declension

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i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative Անակ (Anak)
dative Անակի (Anaki)
ablative Անակից (Anakicʻ)
instrumental Անակով (Anakov)
locative
definite forms
nominative Անակը/Անակն (Anakə/Anakn)
dative Անակին (Anakin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Անակս (Anaks)
dative Անակիս (Anakis)
ablative Անակիցս (Anakicʻs)
instrumental Անակովս (Anakovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Անակդ (Anakd)
dative Անակիդ (Anakid)
ablative Անակիցդ (Anakicʻd)
instrumental Անակովդ (Anakovd)
locative

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *anāk (evil, bad). Compare Middle Persian ʾnʾk' (anāg, evil) and the given name [script needed] (Anakduxt).

Proper noun

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Անակ (Anak)

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: Անակ (Anak)

References

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  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 17–18
  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Անակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy