աւերանք
Old Armenian
Etymology
Wholly borrowed from Iranian (compare Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, “ruin, destruction”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwylʾn' /awērān/), Persian ویران (virân, “desolate, ruined”)) or formed in Armenian as աւերեմ (awerem) + -անք (-ankʿ).
Declension
i-a-type
| plural only (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | աւերանք (awerankʿ) |
| genitive | աւերանաց (aweranacʿ) |
| dative | աւերանաց (aweranacʿ) |
| accusative | աւերանս (awerans) |
| ablative | աւերանաց (aweranacʿ) |
| instrumental | աւերանաւք = աւերանօք (aweranawkʿ = aweranōkʿ) |
| locative | աւերանս (awerans) |
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավերանք (averankʿ)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 359–360
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւերանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 869
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւերանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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