նշանակ

From Old Armenian նշանակ (nšanak). For the dialectal sense "rainbow" compare Genesis 9:13 quoted in Old Armenian նշանակ (nšanak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /nʃɑˈnɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /nʃɑˈnɑɡ/,

նշանակ • (nšanak)

1. sign, mark, symbol
2. (dialectal) rainbow

   Synonym: ծիածան (ciacan)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նշանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 461a

Wholly borrowed from a Middle Iranian word of the shape *nišānak. Compare Persian نشانه (nešâne, “sign, symbol, mark”). For the constituents see նշան (nšan) and -ակ (-ak).

նշանակ • (nšanak)

1. sign, mark, symbol
   • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 9.13:^[1]

     Զաղեղն իմ եդից յամպս եւ եղիցի ի նշանակ յաւիտենական ուխտին ընդ իս եւ ընդ ամենայն երկիր։

     Załełn im edicʻ yamps ew ełicʻi i nšanak yawitenakan uxtin ənd is ew ənd amenayn erkir.

     • Translation by Hrach Martirosyan

       I shall place my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the eternal covenant between me and the earth.

In Genesis 9:13, renders Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon)

• նշան (nšan)
• -ակ (-ak)

• Armenian: նշանակ (nšanak)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նշանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 461a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նշանակ”, 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 206
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նշանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy