ինքնըստինքյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

ինքն ըստ ինքյան (inkʻn əst inkʻyan) — dated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ինքն ըստ ինքեան (inkʻn əst inkʻean, “by oneself, of one's own accord”).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iŋkʰnəstiŋkʰjɑ́n]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iŋkʰnəstiŋkʰjɑ́n]

Adverb

ինքնըստինքյան • (inkʻnəstinkʻyan) (traditional orthography spelling ինքնըստինքեան) (somewhat formal)

of one's own volition, by oneself, of one's own accord
Փորձում ես ինչ-որ բաներ անես, թե՞ տենց ինքնըստինքյան ծնվում ա քո մոտ։ ― Pʻorjum es inčʻ-or baner anes, tʻe^? tencʻ inkʻnəstinkʻyan cnvum a kʻo mot. ― Do you try to do some things, or does it come by itself?

References

“ինքնըստինքյան”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 339

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