առակ

From Old Armenian առակ (aṙak); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈrɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾɑɡ/,

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առակ • (aṙak)

1. fable

From the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ ակն (akn, “eye”).

առակ • (aṙak)

1. example

   առակաւ ― aṙakaw ― by example

   յառակ ածել ― yaṙak acel ― to give an example, to quote

2. spectacle, something to look at
3. bad example, bad role-model, epitome, infamous subject for public talkings

   առ առակէ ― aṙ aṙakē ― to be exposed to public laughter or contempt

   յառակս տալ ― yaṙaks tal ― to expose to public attention or censure

   յառակս, առակ նշաւակի լինել ― yaṙaks, aṙak nšawaki linel ― to be exposed to public view, to lay open to public contempt

4. parable, simile, allegory; fable; proverb, adage

   առակ արկանել, առակօք խօսել ― aṙak arkanel, aṙakōkʻ xōsel ― to tell a proverb, parable, fables; to proverb

   ըստ առակին ― əst aṙakin ― according to the proverb

   յառակ գալ, յառակս լինել ― yaṙak gal, yaṙaks linel ― to become proverbial or a proverb

5. riddle, enigma, conundrum

   առակ արկանել, առակօք խօսել ― aṙak arkanel, aṙakōkʻ xōsel ― to give an enigma or charade to guess or divide

• Armenian: առակ (aṙak)
• → Georgian: არაკი (araḳi)
• → Mingrelian: არიკი (ariḳi)

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