արքունի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արքունի (arkʻuni).

Pronunciation

Adjective

արքունի • (arkʻuni)

  1. (archaic) royal; regal
  2. (archaic) of or pertaining to the royal court

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *արքոյն (*arkʻoyn) +‎ -ի (-i). See արքայ (arkʻay) for more.

Adjective

արքունի • (arkʻuni)

  1. royal; aulic
    արքունի ճանապարհ, պողոտայ ― arkʻuni čanaparh, połotay ― high-way, road-way
    • 7th century, Sebēos, Patmutʻiwnʻ [History] Chapter 28:
      Եւ էր հրամանատար զաւրուն նորա պարսիկ ոմն իշխան՝ անուն Դատոյեան, հրամանաւ արքունի։
      Ew ēr hramanatar zawrun nora parsik omn išxan, anun Datoyean, hramanaw arkʻuni.
      • 1999 translation by Robert W. Thomson
        The commander of their force was a certain Persian prince named Datoyean, [appointed] by royal command.

Declension

Noun

արքունի • (arkʻuni)

  1. (usually in the plural) palace, royal residence; court
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 2.39:
      փոխին արքունիքն յԱրմաւիրն անուանեալ բլրոյ
      pʻoxin arkʻunikʻn yArmawirn anuaneal blroy
      • 2006 translation by Robert W. Thompson
        the court was transferred from the hill called Armavir
  2. (usually in the plural) royal treasury
    յարքունիս առնուլ, գրաւել ― yarkʻunis aṙnul, grawel ― to confiscate
  3. (usually in the plural) courtiers

Declension

Descendants

  • → Armenian: արքունի (arkʻuni), արքունիք (arkʻunikʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արքունի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արքունի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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