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; the origin of the final (-k) is uncertain.[1][2][3][4]

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

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), անձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 12
  4. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 94

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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
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