արքայ

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Armenian

Noun

արքայ (arkʻay)

  1. Traditional orthography spelling of արքա (arkʻa)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The compounds show the additional stems արքուն- (arkʻun-) (e.g. արքունի (arkʻuni, royal)) and արք- (arkʻ-) (e.g արքական (arkʻakan), արքազունք (arkʻazunkʻ), if not misspellings).

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, ruler, king) via Classical Syriac *arkā, an unattested by-form of ܐܪܟܘܢ (ʾrkwn /⁠ʾarkōn⁠/). The latter yielded *արքոյն (*arkʻoyn), in compounds արքուն- (arkʻun-).

Scheftelowitz derived from Aramaic רכא (/⁠rkʾ⁠/, king), but this word is probably artificial in Aramaic.

Noun

արքայ (arkʻay)

  1. king
    արքայից արքայarkʻayicʻ arkʻayking of kings
    կեցցէ՜ արքայkecʻcʻē! arkʻayGod save the King! long live the King!

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Descendants

  • Armenian: արքա (arkʻa)

References

  1. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 68
  2. ^ rkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արքայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 346–347
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արքայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ark‘ay”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148
  • Matzinger, Joachim (2000) “Armenisch arkʿay ‘König’: Ein etymologischer Versuch”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics (in German), volume 113, number 1./2., →DOI, pages 283–289
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 612, 931
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արքայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Viredaz, Rémy (2009) “Notes d'étymologie arménienne II”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 31, pages 3–6