աք

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian աք (akʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

աք (akʻ)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) leg

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps a Northeast Caucasian borrowing. Compare Archi ахъ (aq, leg), Khinalug анк (ank, leg), Aghul агъ (, leg).[1] For other body part terms possibly borrowed from Northeast Caucasian see մագիլ (magil).

Noun[edit]

աք (akʻ)

  1. leg
    աք ածելakʻ acelto hit by the leg

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աք (akʻ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աք”, 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 367–368

Further reading[edit]

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