իքեն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایكن (iken).

Pronunciation

Adverb

իքեն (ikʿen) (dialectal)

  1. while, whilst
    Synonyms: մինչ (minčʿ), մինչդեռ (minčʿdeṙ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), իքէն”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 149
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