ինքնըստինքյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

ինքն ըստ ինքյան (inkʿn əst inkʿyan) – dated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ինքն ըստ ինքեան (inkʿn əst inkʿean, “by oneself, of one's own accord”).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iŋkʰnəstiŋkʰˈjɑn]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iŋkʰnəstiŋkʰˈjɑn]

Adverb

ինքնըստինքյան • (inkʿnəstinkʿyan) (traditional orthography spelling ինքնըստինքեան) (somewhat formal)

of one's own volition, by oneself, of one's own accord
Փորձում ես ինչ-որ բաներ անես, թե՞ տենց ինքնըստինքյան ծնվում ա քո մոտ։ ― Pʿorjum es inčʿ-or baner anes, tʿe^? tencʿ inkʿnəstinkʿyan cnvum a kʿo mot. ― Do you try to do some things, or does it come by itself?

References

“ինքնըստինքյան”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 339

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