ցանկութիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

ցանկ (cʻank) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)

Noun

ցանկութիւն • (cʻankutʻiwn)

  1. desire, longing, envy; will, pleasure; sensual pleasures, lust, concupiscence, voluptuousness, sensuality, passion, love; cupidity
    ցանկութիւն փառացcʻankutʻiwn pʻaṙacʻambition
    գալ ի ցանկութիւնgal i cʻankutʻiwnto desire, to wish
    լինել ի ցանկութեան մեծիlinel i cʻankutʻean mecito desire ardently, to wish for eagerly
    առնել ըստ ցանկութեան անձինaṙnel əst cʻankutʻean anjinto act according to one's caprice

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցանկություն (cʻankutʻyun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցանկութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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