արձակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian արձակ (arjak).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

արձակ (arjak) (superlative ամենաարձակ)

  1. free, loose, untied
    արձակ ձեռքերarjak jeṙkʻerfree hands
  2. vast, spacious
  3. prosaic (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose)

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Noun[edit]

արձակ (arjak)

  1. prose

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (hyrz- /⁠hirz-⁠/, to let, leave, abandon; remit (of sins), establish, appoint), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (harəzaiti, to dismiss, to let go), Persian هلیدن (helidan, to dismiss, to abandon; to let go), هشتن (heštan, to leave, abandon), Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjati, discharge, emit), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-. The -զ- (-z-) in the derived term համարզակիմ (hamarzakim) has an etymological value.

Adjective[edit]

արձակ (arjak)

  1. free, loose, untied
    արձակ արձակarjak arjakfreely
  2. bold; unbridled, licentious, rash, dissolute, debauched
    արձակ համարձակarjak hamarjakboldly, frankly
  3. open, unsealed (e.g. letter)
  4. (post-Classical) vast, spacious
  5. (post-Classical, of language) prosaic
    արձակ բանarjak banprose
  6. (post-Classical, of a day) ferial

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: արձակ (arjak)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արձակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 75ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արձակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արձակ”, 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 324–325