պուկ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic بُوق (būq, “trumpet”).[1] It should be borne in mind that Middle Armenian պ (p) here represents a [b]. For the transferred anatomical sense compare the sense development of Old Armenian փող (pʻoł).

Noun

պուկ • (puk)

  1. (music) trumpet
  2. (transferred sense) throat

Descendants
  • Armenian: բուկ (buk)

References
  1. Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “պուկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 659

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 482b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “պուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 660
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “gorge”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 605b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 37, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰug-, zero-grade of *bʰewg-, *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”), whence Sanskrit भुज (bhúja, “arm; trunk of an elephant”). He assumes that the original meaning was "neck" (i.e. the turning organ) and for the sense development compares Latin collum (“neck”), Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”); also Russian шея (šeja) against Serbo-Croatian ошијати (“to turn around”). Finally, J̌ahukyan does not exclude the possibility of contamination of the sense "neck" with the sense "throat" deriving from *bʰewg- (“to consume”) (see բուծանեմ (bucanem) for this root).
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 139a
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