մկան

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Armenian

Etymology

Morphologically from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian մկան (mkan, the back), but semantically from մուկն (mukn, muscle); see both.

Pronunciation

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Noun

մկան (mkan)

  1. muscle

Usage notes

Colloquially Russian мускул (múskul) is used instead.

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Of the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European origin as մուկն (mukn, muscle); see it.

Noun

մկան (mkan)

  1. fleshy parts of the body (reins, loin, haunch, flank)
  2. (in the plural) the back
  3. (in the plural, figuratively) swell, waves, billows (on the water surface)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մկան (mkan)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մկան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մկան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մկան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press