յոպնակ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown. Has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Noun[edit]

յոպնակ (yopnak) (hapax)

  1. a kind of cart for transporting goods
    • 5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Matthew :[1]
      նաև զփայտ և զքար այնպէս կրեն սայլիւք կամ յոպնակօք
      naew zpʻayt ew zkʻar aynpēs kren sayliwkʻ kam yopnakōkʻ

Usage notes[edit]

A hapax legomenon, found only in Chrysostom. The Greek original does not have the equivalent of յոպնակ (yopnak) in this passage.

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հոպնակ (hopnak) (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yovhannēs Oskeberan (1826) Yovhannu Oskeberani yawetaranagirn Matttʻēos [John Chrysostom's Commentary on Matthew] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ) (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 377

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յոպնակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 406a
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404, connecting with Ancient Greek ἀπήνη (apḗnē), καπάνη (kapánē).
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յոպնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “յոպնակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “յոպնակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 555a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յոպնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy