անութ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անութ (anutʻ).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈnutʰ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈnut/,

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• Hyphenation: ա‧նութ

անութ • (anutʻ)

1. armpit

   Synonyms: անթ (antʻ), թեւատակ (tʻewatak)

• անթ (antʻ), անդ (and)

The original form is probably անթ (antʻ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nk-ti-, *h₂nk-to- (“bending, bent arm”), suffixed from *h₂enk- (“to bend, curve”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(V)nt-h₂-o- and cognate with Lithuanian añtis (“bosom”).

անութ • (anutʻ)

1. armpit

• Armenian: անթ (antʻ)
• → Armenian: անութ (anutʻ) (learned)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ant‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 83