ապակի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապակի (apaki).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապակի • (apaki)

  1. glass
    Synonym: (dialectal) շուշա (šuša)
    պատուհանները ապակուց են ― patuhannerə apakucʿ en ― the windows are made of glass

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, probably Parthian. Compare Persian آبگینه‎ (âbgina), Middle Persian ʾp̄ḵynk' (ābgēnag, “crystal, glass”), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾpkynʾk, “crystal”), Ossetian авг (avg).

Noun

ապակի • (apaki)

  1. glass (the material)
    ապակի պատուհանաց ― apaki patuhanacʿ ― window-glass
  2. drinking-glass (for wine)
  3. bottle

Usage notes

The word has three combining forms: ապակա- (apaka-), ապակե- (apake-) and ապակէ- (apakē-).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ապակագործ (apakagorc)
  • ապակագործութիւն (apakagorcutʿiwn)
  • ապակատարազ (apakataraz)
  • ապակեակ (apakeak)
  • ապակեղ (apakeł)
  • ապակեղէն (apakełēn)
  • ապակէգործ (apakēgorc)
  • ապակէգործութիւն (apakēgorcutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապակի (apaki)
  • Middle Armenian: ապիկի (apiki)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ապակի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ապակի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ապակի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ābgēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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