հոսանք

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian հոսանք (hosankʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

հոսանք (hosankʻ)

  1. current, stream
  2. flow
  3. (physics) current

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

հոսեմ (hosem) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ)

Noun[edit]

հոսանք (hosankʻpl

  1. stream of water, watercourse
    հոսանս ջուրց իջուցին աչք իմhosans ǰurcʻ iǰucʻin ačʻkʻ immy eyes have become water-brooks, my eyes run down with rivers of water
  2. (by extension) flow
    հոսանք Հոգւոյնhosankʻ Hogwoynthe gifts of the Spirit
    հոսանք հրոյhosankʻ hroyvolcanic eruption; torrent of flame
    հոսանք չարեացhosankʻ čʻareacʻa torrent of ills
  3. waterfall

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հոսանք (hosankʻ)

References[edit]

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