երանք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Middle Iranian borrowing + (-kʿ), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *rā́nah.

Noun

երանք (erankʿ) pl

  1. thigh, loins
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 24.9:[1]
      Եւ եդ ծառայն Աբրաամու զձեռն իւր ընդ երանաւք տեառն իւրոյ եւ երդուաւ նմա վասն բանիս այսորիկ։
      Ew ed caṙayn Abraamu zjeṙn iwr ənd eranawkʿ teaṙn iwroy ew erduaw nma vasn banis aysorik.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.
    • 5th century, Pʿawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʿiwnʿ [History of the Armenians] V.43:[2]
      զի յորժամ ի ձի հեծեալ էր, երան բարձի նորա ոչ յանձին և ի ծունկն ոչ հասանէր, այլ ի բացեայ կայ ի ձիոյ անտի
      zi yoržam i ji heceal ēr, eran barji nora očʿ yanjin ew i cunkn očʿ hasanēr, ayl i bacʿeay kay i jioy anti
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        whenever he rode on horseback, his legs were not [held] close and did not touch up to the knee, but stuck out from the horse

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: երանք (erankʿ)

References

  1. Zeytʿunyan A. S., editor (1985) Girkʿ cnndocʿ [Book of Genesis] (Hay hnaguyn tʿargmanakan hušarjanner; 1), critical text, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 245
  2. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 226

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), երան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 38b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), երանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 148
  • 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 320
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), երանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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