դանակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian դանակ (danak).

Pronunciation

Noun

դանակ • (danak)

  1. knife

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *dānak, from Old Iranian *dāna-ka-, from Proto-Iranian *dā- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”), whence also Sanskrit दा (√dā, “to cut, cut off”), Persian داس (dâs, “sickle”), داره (dâra, “scythe, sickle”).[1] Old Georgian დანაკი (danaḳi) is borrowed from the same source.

Noun

դանակ • (danak)

  1. knife

Declension

Derived terms

  • դանակացիտ (danakacʻit)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դանակ (danak)

References

  1. Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 68

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.