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Old Armenian
Etymology
A Middle Iranian borrowing + -ք (-kʻ), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *rā́nah.
Noun
երանք • (erankʻ) pl
- thigh, loins
5th century,
Bible,
Genesis 24.9:
- Եւ եդ ծառայն Աբրաամու զձեռն իւր ընդ երանաւք տեառն իւրոյ եւ երդուաւ նմա վասն բանիս այսորիկ։
- Ew ed caṙayn Abraamu zjeṙn iwr ənd eranawkʻ teaṙn iwroy ew erduaw nma vasn banis aysorik.
- Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
- And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.
5th century,
Pʻawstos Buzand,
Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ V.43:
- զի յորժամ ի ձի հեծեալ էր, երան բարձի նորա ոչ յանձին և ի ծունկն ոչ հասանէր, այլ ի բացեայ կայ ի ձիոյ անտի
- zi yoržam i ji heceal ēr, eran barji nora očʻ yanjin ew i cunkn očʻ hasanēr, ayl i bacʻeay kay i jioy anti
- Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
- whenever he rode on horseback, his legs were not close and did not touch up to the knee, but stuck out from the horse
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: երանք (erankʻ)
References
- ^ Zeytʻunyan A. S., editor (1985), Girkʻ cnndocʻ [Book of Genesis] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 1), Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text, page 245
- ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 226
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 38b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երանք”, 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 148
- 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 320
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy