հիմք

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հիմ (him)
  • խիմ (xim) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian հիմն (himn).

Pronunciation

Noun

հիմք • (himkʻ)

  1. base; basis; foundation
  2. grounds, reason
  3. (construction) foundation, base
  4. (chemistry) base
  5. (geometry) base
  6. (linguistics) stem

Usage notes

Has the combining form հիմն- (himn-), e.g. in հիմն-ա-խնդիր (himn-a-xndir), as in Old Armenian.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: him
  • Turkish: him
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: hîm, xîm
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] (xim)
  • Zazaki: hîm
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