անկիւն

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- +‎ -իւն (-iwn).[1][2][3]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

անկիւն (ankiwn)

  1. angle
    անկիւն ճանապարհիankiwn čanaparhiturning of the road
    բութ անկիւնbutʻ ankiwnobtuse-angled, obtusangular
    սուր անկիւնsur ankiwnacute-angled
  2. corner, nook
    անկիւն հատանելankiwn hatanelto drill a hole (on a wall for robbery)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: անկյուն (ankyun)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անկիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ankiwn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 91

Further reading[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, elbow); confused with անկիւն (ankiwn, angle, corner).[1]

Noun[edit]

անկիւն (ankiwn)

  1. elbow (of an arm-chair)
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անկիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press