Հնարակերտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Հնարակերտ (Hnarakert).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Հնարակերտ (Hnarakert)

  1. Hnarakert

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Հունարակերտ (Hunarakert)

Etymology

From the Iranian given name *Hūnara-, borne by the city's founder, from *hūnara- (manly, possessing vital force); compare Old Persian [script needed] (ūvnara, energy, skill), Sanskrit सूनर (sūnara, possessing vital force), Persian هنر (honar), + -ակերտ (-akert).

Proper noun

Հնարակերտ (Hnarakert)

  1. Hnarakert

Descendants

References

  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 32
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