եղանակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղանակ (ełanak).

Pronunciation

Noun

եղանակ • (eġanak)

  1. weather
    Synonym: (dialectal) հավաք (havakʻ)
  2. season
  3. mode, manner
    արտաբերման եղանակ ― artaberman eġanak ― manner of articulation
  4. method, technique
  5. melody, tune
  6. (grammar) mood
    ըղձական եղանակ ― əġjakan eġanak ― subjunctive mood

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

եղանիմ (ełanim) +‎ -ակ (-ak)

Noun

եղանակ • (ełanak)

  1. mode, manner
  2. melody, tune
  3. weather; season

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: եղանակ (eġanak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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