ինքնին
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ինքնին (inkʻnin).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [iŋkʰnín]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [iŋkʰnín]
- Hyphenation: ինք‧նին
Adverb
ինքնին • (inkʻnin)
- by himself/herself/itself
- ինքնին հասկանալի է ― inkʻnin haskanali ē ― it is self understood; it goes without saying; as a matter of fact
Old Armenian
Adverb
ինքնին • (inkʻnin)
- by himself/herself/itself, personally, in person
- դու ինքնին ― du inkʻnin ― yourself, thyself
- ես ինքնին իսկ եմ ― es inkʻnin isk em ― it is I (myself)
- թագաւորն ինքնին ― tʻagaworn inkʻnin ― the king himself, in person
- դուռն ինքնին բացաւ ― duṙn inkʻnin bacʻaw ― the door opened of itself
Descendants
- Armenian: ինքնին (inkʻnin)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքնին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքնին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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