Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
սենեակ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
սենեակ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
սենեակ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
սենեակ you have here. The definition of the word
սենեակ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
սենեակ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Old Armenian
- սենէկ (senēk) — post-Classical
Etymology
Together with Old Georgian სენაკი (senaḳi), borrowed from Middle Iranian *sēniyak, from Old Iranian *sayanīyaka- (literally “that which is to be slept in, sleeping-room”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down”). Compare Sanskrit शयनीयक (śayanīyaka, “bed, couch”), शयनीय (śayanīya, “to be slept or lain on”), शयन (śayana, “repose; bed”) and Latin cūnae (“cradle, crib; nest”).
Noun
սենեակ • (seneak)
- chamber, room
- cabinet, closet
- (figuratively) concubine
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: սենյակ (senyak) (learned)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սենեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 201ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սենեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Badrupanean (Patrubány), Ġukas (1908) “Stugabanakan hetazōtutʻiwnkʻ [Etymological Studies]”, in Handes Amsorya (in Armenian), volume 22, number 8, § 43.4, page 246a, derives from *ḱey- as an inherited word
- Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26) (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 229–235
- 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 374
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սենեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 59