Արուսեակ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harušás. The exact word formation underlying the Armenian is disputed.

Proper noun

Արուսեակ (Aruseak)

  1. Venus (planet); morning star; evening star
  2. (figuratively) the Sun
  3. (figuratively) John the Baptist; baptism
  4. (figuratively) Lucifer (the devil)
  5. a female given name

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: Արուսյակ (Arusyak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “Արուսեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 333–334
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “Արուսեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 517
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “Արուսեակ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Karst, Josef (1948) Mythologie arméno-caucasienne et hétito-asianique (in French), Strasbourg, Zurich: Editions P. H. Heitz, page 93
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) “Aruseak”, in Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 106, page 120
  • 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, pages 373–374
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 22-26, considers the original meaning of the word to be “shining, light-emitting; luminary”, and derives from *արոյսի (*aroysi), from Middle Median *arōsī (dawn), from Proto-Iranian *ráwsiH (radiance; dawn; morning), +-ակ (-ak); compare Sanskrit रुचि (ruci)
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “Արուսեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy