շնիկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian շնիկ (šnik). The computing sense is a semantic loan from Russian соба́чка (sobáčka, dog; at sign).

Pronunciation

Noun

շնիկ • (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow
  2. (computing) at sign
  3. cock, hammer (of a firearm)
    Synonym: (dialectal) խորոզ (xoroz)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From շուն (šun, dog) + -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix).

Noun

շնիկ • (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow
  2. (astronomy) Canis Minor
  3. (astronomy) Canicula, Dog Star, Sirius

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շնիկ (šnik)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շնիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շնիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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