անուշակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անուշակ (anušak).

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Adjective[edit]

անուշակ (anušak) (superlative ամենաանուշակ)

  1. pleasant, agreeable

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫢𐫐 (ʾnwšk /⁠anōšag⁠/), Persian انوشه (anuše).

Adjective[edit]

անուշակ (anušak)

  1. sweet; pleasant, agreeable
  2. immortal
    անուշակ կերակուրanušak kerakurambrosia

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անուշակ (anušak)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “անոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 206–207
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անուշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, pages 99–100
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “անուշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy