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Armenian
Noun
արքայ • (arkʻay)
- Traditional orthography spelling of արքա (arkʻa)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܪܟܘܢ (ʾrkwn /ʾarkōn/) or another Aramaic variety, from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler, king”).[1][2][3][4] Classical Syriac ܐܪܟܘܢ (ʾrkwn /ʾarkōn/) regularly yields unstressed արքուն- (arkʻun-) found in the oldest compounds, e. g. արքունի (arkʻuni, “royal”). To explain the form արքայ (arkʻay) it is necessary to assume an unattested Classical Syriac by-form *ʾarkā which could have been back-formed from wholly-borrowed compounds like ܛܛܪܪܟܐ (ṭeṭrarkā), ܗܘܦܪܟܐ (hupparkā), ܟܝܠܝܪܟܐ (kīlīyarḵā).[3]
The attempts at native Indo-European etymologies are unnecesssary.[5]
Noun
արքայ • (arkʻay)
- king
- Synonym: թագաւոր (tʻagawor)
- արքայից արքայ ― arkʻayicʻ arkʻay ― king of kings
Usage notes
Has the combining forms արքայ- (arkʻay-), արքուն- (arkʻun-), արք- (arkʻ-).
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: արքա (arkʻa) (learned)
References
- ^ Meillet, Antoine (1920–1921) “De l’influence parthe sur la langue arménienne”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 1, pages 11–12, assumes a Parthian mediation
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1980) “Armenische Namen in altpersischen Quellen”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics (in German), volume 1, page 14, footnote 12 of 7–17
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Viredaz, Rémy (2009) “Notes d'étymologie arménienne II”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 31, pages 3–6
- ^ Kitazumi, Tomoki, Stefanie, Rudolf (2021) “Die syrischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen – eine Revision”, in Anna Jouravel and Audrey Mathys, editors, Wort- und Formenvielfalt: Festschrift für Christoph Koch zum 80. Geburtstag, Berlin: Peter Lang, page 191 of 185–206
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2012) “Review of Martirosyan, Hrach K.: Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon. Leiden/Boston: Brill 2010”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 107, number 2, →DOI, page 126b of 123–127
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
- Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 68 derives from Aramaic רכא (/rkʾ/, “king”), but this word is probably artificial in Aramaic, see “rkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–