արմուկն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rH-mo- + -ուկն (-ukn). Perhaps contaminated with մուկն (mukn, muscle). Cognate with Sanskrit ईर्म (īrma), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Ossetian арм (arm), Latin armus, Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo) and Proto-Germanic *armaz.[1][2][3]

Noun

արմուկն • (armukn)

  1. elbow
    արմկամբ խթել, մղելarmkamb xtʻel, młelto elbow, to push or thrust with the elbow
  2. branch of a vine

Declension

Derived terms

  • արմնկաչափ (armnkačʻapʻ)
  • արմկցի (armkcʻi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: արմունկ (armunk)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արմուկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “armukn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արմուկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արմուկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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