անձուկ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian անձուկ (anjuk); see it for more.

Adjective

անձուկ (anjuk) (superlative ամենաանձուկ)

  1. narrow, strait
    անձուկ փողոցanjuk pʿołocʿnarrow street
  2. (figuratively) constrained, straitened
    անձուկ պայմաններanjuk paymannerstraitened circumstances
  3. (figuratively) desired, longed-for
Declension

Noun

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. (figuratively) desire, wish
Declension

Etymology 2

From ան- (an-) + ձուկ (juk).

Adjective

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. fishless, not containing fish, without fish
Declension

Adverb

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. without a fish

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), անձուկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus + -ուկ (-uk).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Alternatively, according to Henning, borrowed from the Middle Iranian cognate *anzūk: compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾnjwgyft /anǰūg-īft/, anguish, distress), Middle Persian 𐫍𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫏 (hnjwgyy /hanǰūg-ī/, anguish).[9][10][11]

Adjective

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. narrow, strait
  2. difficult, tough

Declension

Noun

անձուկ (anjuk)

  1. narrow passage, defile, strait, pass
  2. mountainous place which is hard to traverse
  3. anxiety, affliction
  4. desire, wish
    անձուկ ունելanjuk unelto desire, to wish

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամենանձուկ (amenanjuk)
  • անանձուկ (ananjuk)
  • անծկագոյն (anckagoyn)
  • անծկութիւն (anckutʿiwn)
  • անձկաբեկ (anjkabek)
  • անձկագոյն (anjkagoyn)
  • անձկալի (anjkali)
  • անձկական (anjkakan)
  • անձկակարօտ (anjkakarōt)
  • անձկամ (anjkam)
  • անձկայրեաց (anjkayreacʿ)
  • անձկանամ (anjkanam)
  • անձկացուցանեմ (anjkacʿucʿanem)
  • անձկիմ (anjkim)
  • անձկոտ (anjkot)
  • անձկութիւն (anjkutʿiwn)
  • բազմանձուկ (bazmanjuk)
  • նեղանձուկ (nełanjuk)

Descendants

References

  1. de Lagarde, Paul (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 15
  2. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 420
  3. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  4. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), անձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 204ab
  5. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 42–43
  6. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 588
  7. Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 12
  8. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 94
  9. Henning, W. B. (1963), “Coriander”, in Asia Major, New Series, volume X/2, page 196
  10. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39
  11. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 391a

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անձուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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