երկվայրկյան

Armenian

Etymology

From երկ- (erk-, 2nd) + վայրկյան (vayrkyan, minute). For the prefix երկ- (erk-, 2nd) compare Latin secunda (second) and Greek δεύτερο (déftero, second), meaning both “second, the sixtieth of a minute” and “2nd”, referring to the “second” operation of dividing an hour by sixty.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jɛɾkvɑjɾkˈjɑn], (colloquial) IPA(key): [jɛɾkvɑɾkˈjɑn]

Noun

երկվայրկյան (erkvayrkyan) (traditional orthography spelling երկվայրկեան)

  1. (Western Armenian) second (the sixtieth of a minute)
  2. (Western Armenian) short span of time, instant, moment

Declension

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