դանակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian դանակ (danak).

Pronunciation

Noun

դանակ • (danak)

  1. knife

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *dānak, from Old Iranian *dāna-ka-, from Proto-Iranian *dā- (to cut), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (to share, divide), whence also Sanskrit दा (√dā, to cut, cut off), Persian داس (dâs, sickle), داره (dâra, scythe, sickle).[1] Old Georgian დანაკი (danaḳi) is borrowed from the same source.

Noun

դանակ • (danak)

  1. knife

Declension

Derived terms

  • դանակացիտ (danakacʻit)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դանակ (danak)

References

  1. Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 68

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