հռչակ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հռչակ (hṙčʻak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hərˈt͡ʃʰɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hərˈt͡ʃɑɡ/,
• Hyphenation: հըռ‧չակ

հռչակ • (hṙčʻak)

1. fame

• հռչակել (hṙčʻakel)
• հռչակագիր (hṙčʻakagir)

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan suggests derivation from Iranian *hu-srutya-ka- (“of good repute, famous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”) + *ḱléwos (“fame”).

հռչակ • (hṙčʻak)

1. fame

   հռչակ հարկանել ― hṙčʻak harkanel ― to make famous

   հռչակ լինել ― hṙčʻak linel ― to be heard, published, divulged

   հռչակ հարկանիլ ― hṙčʻak harkanil ― to be spread the fame of

   եւ երթայր հռչակ զնմանէ ընդ ամենայն կողմանս ― ew ertʻayr hṙčʻak znmanē ənd amenayn kołmans ― and the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about

   հռչակ ընթանայ ― hṙčʻak əntʻanay ― it is reported, there is a report, they say; the report is spread; it is rumoured

2. exultation, rejoicing; solemnity, pomp

   հռչակաւ ― hṙčʻakaw ― solemnly, pompously

• → Armenian: հռչակ (hṙčʻak) (learned)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հռչակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հռչակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հռչակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 314