ահոկ

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Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ահոկ (ahok).

Noun

ահոկ (ahok)

  1. harm, fault, blame

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: աֆոգ (afog), աֆեգ (afeg)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աֆոկ”, 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) “ահոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian (ʾhwk /⁠āhōg⁠/, fault, blemish), Persian آهو (âhô, fault), Central Kurdish ئاھۆ (aho, epidemic), Avestan 𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬌- (āhiti-, pollution). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *āh(i̯)-va-.

Noun

ահոկ (ahok)

  1. harm, fault, blame
    Synonym: վնաս (vnas)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ահոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աֆոկ”, 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) “ահոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 95
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 453a of 445–459