կուք

Middle Armenian

Etymology

According to J̌ahukyan, identical with Old Armenian *կուք- (*kukʻ-), the root of կքեմ (kkʻem).

Noun

կուք • (kukʻ)

1. found only in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ, glossed as “խոնարհք կամ կնիք (xonarhkʻ kam knikʻ)”

References

• Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “կուք”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 168
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 667b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 92