ապակի

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապակի (apaki).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass
    Synonym: (dialectal) շուշա (šuša)
    պատուհանները ապակուց ենpatuhannerə apakucʻ enthe windows are made of glass

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, probably Parthian. Compare Persian آبگینه (âbgina), Middle Persian ʾp̄ḵynk' (ābgēnag, crystal, glass), Sogdian (ʾʾpkynʾk, crystal), Ossetian авг (avg).

Noun

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass (the material)
    ապակի պատուհանացapaki patuhanacʻwindow-glass
  2. drinking-glass (for wine)
  3. bottle

Usage notes

The word has three combining forms: ապակա- (apaka-), ապակե- (apake-) and ապակէ- (apakē-).

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապակի (apaki)
  • Middle Armenian: ապիկի (apiki)

References

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