անձուկ

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑnˈd͡zuk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑnˈt͡suɡ/,
• Hyphenation: ան‧ձուկ

From Old Armenian անձուկ (anjuk); see it for more.

անձուկ • (anjuk) (superlative ամենաանձուկ)

1. narrow, strait

   անձուկ փողոց ― anjuk pʻoġocʻ ― narrow street

2. (figuratively) constrained, straitened

   անձուկ պայմաններ ― anjuk paymanner ― straitened circumstances

3. (figuratively) desired, longed-for

անձուկ • (anjuk)

1. (figuratively) desire, wish

From ան- (an-) +‎ ձուկ (juk).

անձուկ • (anjuk)

1. fishless, not containing fish, without fish

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անձուկ • (anjuk)

1. without a fish

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “անձուկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus +‎ -ուկ (-uk). Alternatively, according to Henning, borrowed from the Middle Iranian cognate *anzūk: compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾnjwgyft /⁠anǰūg-īft⁠/, “anguish, distress”), Middle Persian 𐫍𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫏 (hnjwgyy /⁠hanǰūg-ī⁠/, “anguish”).

անձուկ • (anjuk)

1. narrow, strait
2. difficult, tough

անձուկ • (anjuk)

1. narrow passage, defile, strait, pass
2. mountainous place which is hard to traverse
3. anxiety, affliction
4. desire, wish

   անձուկ ունել ― anjuk unel ― to desire, to wish

• Armenian: անձուկ (anjuk)

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