արձակ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian արձակ (arjak).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

արձակ (arjak) (superlative ամենաարձակ)

  1. free, loose, untied
    արձակ ձեռքերarjak jeṙkʻerfree hands
  2. vast, spacious
  3. prosaic (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose)

Declension

Noun

արձակ (arjak)

  1. prose

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ira" is not valid. See WT:LOL. borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (hyrz- /⁠hirz-⁠/, to let, leave, abandon; remit (of sins), establish, appoint), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (harəzaiti, to dismiss, to let go), Persian هلیدن (hilīdan, to dismiss, to abandon; to let go), هشتن (heštan, to leave, abandon), Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjati, discharge, emit), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-. The -զ- (-z-) in the derived term համարզակիմ (hamarzakim) has an etymological value.

Adjective

արձակ (arjak)

  1. free, loose, untied
    արձակ արձակarjak arjakfreely
  2. bold; unbridled, licentious, rash, dissolute, debauched
    արձակ համարձակarjak hamarjakboldly, frankly
  3. open, unsealed (e.g. letter)
  4. (post-Classical) vast, spacious
  5. (post-Classical, of language) prosaic
    արձակ բանarjak banprose
  6. (post-Classical, of a day) ferial

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: արձակ (arjak)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արձակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 75ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արձակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արձակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 324–325