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Old Armenian
Etymology 1
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (bwnk' /bunag/, “baggage; abode, camp”), Classical Persian بنه (buna, “household furniture, goods, and chattels; baggage; house; abode”). Ultimately from the root discussed at բուն (bun). Georgian დაბუნაგება (dabunageba, “to build (cattle) stalls/pens; to make (game) coverts”), Old Georgian დაბუნაგება (dabunageba, “to lodge”) are borrowed from the same Iranian source.
Noun
բնակ • (bnak)
- domicile, habitation, dwelling
- Synonyms: բնակարան (bnakaran), յարկ (yark)
- (in the plural) sepulchre, tomb
- Synonyms: գերեզման (gerezman), շիրիմ (širim)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բնակ”, 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, page 457
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 121
- 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 252
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 188
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Etymology 2
Either formed within Armenian as բուն (bun) + -ակ (-ak) or wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Classical Syriac ܒܘܢܟܐ (būnḵā).
Adjective
բնակ • (bnak)
- indigenous, native
- abiding, lasting, chronic
Declension
Noun
բնակ • (bnak)
- inhabitant, native
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բնակ”, 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, page 457
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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 252
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy