անկիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- +‎ -իւն (-iwn). Cognates include Latin angulus, Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ, “angle”), Old Norse ǫkkla (Icelandic ökkli).[1][2][3]

Alternative forms

  • անգիւն (angiwn)

Noun

անկիւն • (ankiwn)

  1. angle
    անկիւն ճանապարհի ― ankiwn čanaparhi ― turning of the road
    բութ անկիւն ― butʿ ankiwn ― obtuse-angled, obtusangular
    սուր անկիւն ― sur ankiwn ― acute-angled
  2. corner, nook
    անկիւն հատանել ― ankiwn hatanel ― to drill a hole (on a wall for robbery)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անկիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ankiwn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 91

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, “elbow”); confused with անկիւն (ankiwn, “angle, corner”).[1]

Noun

անկիւն • (ankiwn)

  1. elbow (of an arm-chair)
Declension

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անկիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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