ապակի

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապակի (apaki).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass
    Synonym: (dialectal) շուշա (šuša)
    պատուհանները ապակուց ենpatuhannerə apakucʻ enthe windows are made of glass

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing, probably Parthian. Compare Persian آبگینه (âbgina), Middle Persian ʾp̄ḵynk' (ābgēnag, crystal, glass), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾpkynʾk, crystal), Ossetian авг (avg).

Noun[edit]

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass (the material)
    ապակի պատուհանացapaki patuhanacʻwindow-glass
  2. drinking-glass (for wine)
  3. bottle

Usage notes[edit]

The word has three combining forms: ապակա- (apaka-), ապակե- (apake-) and ապակէ- (apakē-).

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ապակի (apaki)
  • Middle Armenian: ապիկի (apiki)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապակի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապակի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ապակի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ābgēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press