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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from an unidentified Iranian cognate of Sogdian 𐫀𐫡𐫐 (ʾrk, “work, action, business”), Yagnobi арк (ark, “work”), Wakhi yark (“work”), Khwarezmian (ʾrk, “work, labour”), Northern Kurdish erk (“task, duty”), Central Kurdish ئەرک (erk, “idem”), Khwarezmian (ʾrk, “work, labour”), Middle Persian (hlg /harg/, “duty, tribute; work, effort”).[1] Doublet of հարկ (hark). For the ultimate origin see Cheung.[2]
Noun
երկք • (erkkʻ) pl
- work, labour
- Synonyms: գործ (gorc), աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ), վաստակ (vastak), ջան (ǰan), աշխատասիրութիւն (ašxatasirutʻiwn)
- երկս արկանել ― erks arkanel ― to strive hard, to make an effort to, to tire oneself; to endeavour, to try
5th century,
Bible,
Job 2.9b:
[3]- ուստերք քո եւ դստերք իմոյ որովայնի երկք եւ երկունք
- usterkʻ kʻo ew dsterkʻ imoy orovayni erkkʻ ew erkunkʻ
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- your sons and daughters, my womb's labours and birth-pangs
5th century,
Bible,
Ezekiel 23.29:
- Եւ գնասցեն ընդ քեզ ատելութեամբ, եւ առցեն զամենայն վաստակս քո եւ զերկս քո․ եւ եղիցես՝ մերկ եւ խայտառակեալ, եւ յայտնեսցի ամօթ պոռնկութեան քո, եւ ամպարշտութիւնն քո եւ պոռնկութիւն քո։:
- Ew gnascʻen ənd kʻez atelutʻeamb, ew aṙcʻen zamenayn vastaks kʻo ew zerks kʻo; ew ełicʻes, merk ew xaytaṙakeal, ew yaytnescʻi amōtʻ poṙnkutʻean kʻo, ew amparštutʻiwnn kʻo ew poṙnkutʻiwn kʻo.:
Usage notes
- Should not be confused with երկն (erkn, “birth throes”).
- In Job, translates Ancient Greek πόνοι (pónoi).
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: երկ (erk) (learned)
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երկ”, 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 58a
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 131–132
- ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 58
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾrk”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 57a
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “երկք”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy