բանակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բանակ (banak).

Pronunciation

Noun

բանակ • (banak)

  1. army

Declension

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1] Probably an Iranian borrowing, but the exact source is unidentified.[2][3]

Noun

բանակ • (banak)

  1. army
  2. caravan of travelers
  3. camp; encampment
    բանակ առնուլ, հարկանելbanak aṙnul, harkanelto encamp, to pitch a camp
    բառնալ զբանակնbaṙnal zbanaknto remove the camp

Declension

Derived terms

  • աշխարհաբանակ (ašxarhabanak)
  • բանակակից (banakakicʻ)
  • բանակամէջ (banakamēǰ)
  • բանակատեղ (banakateł)
  • բանակետղ (banaketł)
  • բանակեցուցանեմ (banakecʻucʻanem)
  • բանակիմ (banakim)
  • միաբանակ (miabanak)
  • շրջաբանակ (šrǰabanak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բանակ (banak)
  • Old Georgian: ბანაკი (banaḳi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پنك (Penek)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. 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 249
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բանակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Further reading

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