զոքանչ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ), Middle Armenian զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

զոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)

  1. man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) զոքանչներ (zokʻančʻner)
dative զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) զոքանչների (zokʻančʻneri)
ablative զոքանչից (zokʻančʻicʻ) զոքանչներից (zokʻančʻnericʻ)
instrumental զոքանչով (zokʻančʻov) զոքանչներով (zokʻančʻnerov)
locative — —
definite forms
nominative զոքանչը/զոքանչն (zokʻančʻə/zokʻančʻn) զոքանչները/զոքանչներն (zokʻančʻnerə/zokʻančʻnern)
dative զոքանչին (zokʻančʻin) զոքանչներին (zokʻančʻnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs) զոքանչներս (zokʻančʻners)
dative զոքանչիս (zokʻančʻis) զոքանչներիս (zokʻančʻneris)
ablative զոքանչիցս (zokʻančʻicʻs) զոքանչներիցս (zokʻančʻnericʻs)
instrumental զոքանչովս (zokʻančʻovs) զոքանչներովս (zokʻančʻnerovs)
locative — —
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative զոքանչդ (zokʻančʻd) զոքանչներդ (zokʻančʻnerd)
dative զոքանչիդ (zokʻančʻid) զոքանչներիդ (zokʻančʻnerid)
ablative զոքանչիցդ (zokʻančʻicʻd) զոքանչներիցդ (zokʻančʻnericʻd)
instrumental զոքանչովդ (zokʻančʻovd) զոքանչներովդ (zokʻančʻnerovd)
locative — —

Derived terms

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan compares Sogdian (zʾkʾnch /⁠zākānč⁠/, “girl, princess”), which is a diminutive formation from (zʾk /⁠zāk⁠/, “girl”).

Noun

զոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)

  1. man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 27.23:
      Անիծեալ՝ որ ննջիցէ ընդ զոքանչի իւրում․
      Aniceal, or nnǰicʻē ənd zokʻančʻi iwrum;
      Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.
    • 5th century, Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon 2:[1]
      Հերովդէս սպանանէ եւ զմայր սպանելոյ կնոջն՝ զիւր զոքանչ․
      Herovdēs spananē ew zmayr spaneloy knoǰn, ziwr zokʻančʻ;

Declension

i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) զոքանչք (zokʻančʻkʻ)
genitive զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) ?
dative զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) ?
accusative զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs)
ablative զոքանչէ (zokʻančʻē) ?
instrumental ? ?
locative զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs)
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ)
  • Middle Armenian: զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ)

References

  1. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1818) Ewsebi Pampʻileay Kesaracʻwoy Žamanakakankʻ erkmasneay [Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon Bipartitum], volume II, accompanied with the original Greek fragments and a modern Latin translation from Armenian, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 260

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զոքանչ”, 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 110b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զոքանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 751a
  • Gharib, B. (1995) “զոքանչ”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 453b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “զոքանչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 243b
  • 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 946
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զոքանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 191b
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