զոքանչ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • զոնքաչ (zonkʻačʻ), զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Armenian զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ), Middle Armenian զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

զոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)

  1. man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)

Declension

Derived terms

  • զոքանչատես (zokʻančʻates)
  • զոքանչացու (zokʻančʻacʻu)
  • զոքանչերթ (zokʻančʻertʻ)
  • զոքանչփերթիկ (zokʻančʻpʻertʻik)

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan compares Sogdian [script needed] (zʾkʾnch /⁠zākānč⁠/, girl, princess), which is a diminutive formation from [script needed] (zʾk /⁠zāk⁠/, girl).

Noun

զոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)

  1. man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 27.23:
      Անիծեալ՝ որ ննջիցէ ընդ զոքանչի իւրում․
      Aniceal, or nnǰicʻē ənd zokʻančʻi iwrum;
      Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.
    • 5th century, Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon 2:[1]
      Հերովդէս սպանանէ եւ զմայր սպանելոյ կնոջն՝ զիւր զոքանչ
      Herovdēs spananē ew zmayr spaneloy knoǰn, ziwr zokʻančʻ;

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ)
  • Middle Armenian: զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ)

References

  1. Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1818) Ewsebi Pampʻileay Kesaracʻwoy Žamanakakankʻ erkmasneay [Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon Bipartitum], volume II, accompanied with the original Greek fragments and a modern Latin translation from Armenian, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 260

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զոքանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զոքանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 751a
  • Gharib, B. (1995) “զոքանչ”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 453b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “զոքանչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 243b
  • 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 946
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զոքանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 191b
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