ունկն

• ունգն (ungn)

From *ուն- (*un-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-, +‎ -կն (-kn). This was added perhaps under the influence of ակն (akn, “eye”)). The sense of “handle” was formed by association.

ունկն • (unkn)

1. ear

   ունկն դնել, մատուցանել ― unkn dnel, matucʿanel ― to give one's ear to, to lend an ear to, to listen, to hearken, to be attentive

   խօսել յունկանէ ― xōsel yunkanē ― to speak in one's ear; to whisper

   ունկն արկանել ― unkn arkanel ― to obey

   չդնել յունկան ― čʿdnel yunkan ― to disobey

   զոր լուայք յունկանէ ― zor luaykʿ yunkanē ― what has been confided to your year

   եհաս յունկն նորա ― ehas yunkn nora ― it reached even his ears

   ո՛ւնկն դիք ― únkn dikʿ ― listen! attention!

   ունկն եւ բունկն ― unkn ew bunkn ― heard by hearsay, auricular, doubtful

The word was a singulative, referring to one ear. For plural ականջք (akanǰkʿ) was used.

• Armenian: ունկ (unk)

ունկն • (unkn)

1. handle (of a cup, jar, door)

• կանթ (kantʿ), անգղ (angł)

• Armenian: ունկ (unk)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ունկն”, 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
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ունկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ունկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy