բանակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բանակ (banak).

Pronunciation

Noun

բանակ (banak)

  1. army

Declension

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Probably an Iranian borrowing, but the exact source is unidentified.

Noun

բանակ (banak)

  1. army
  2. caravan of travelers
  3. camp; encampment
    բանակ առնուլ, հարկանելbanak aṙnul, harkanelto encamp, to pitch a camp
    բառնալ զբանակնbaṙnal zbanaknto remove the camp

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բանակ (banak)
  • Old Georgian: ბანაკი (banaḳi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پنك (Penek)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ 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, page 249
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բանակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy