արեգակն

From արեգ (areg, “sun”) +‎ ակն (akn, “eye”), literally “the eye of the sun”.

արեգակն • (aregakn)

1. sun

In finest Old Armenian արեւ (arew) meant the light of the sun, while արեգակն (aregakn) was used for the star itself.

• արեւ (arew)

• Armenian: արեգակ (aregak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արեգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արեգակն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy