ապակի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ապակի (apaki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass
    պատուհանները ապակուց ենpatuhannerə apakucʿ enthe windows are made of glass

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, probably Parthian. Compare Persian آبگینه (ābgīna), Middle Persian ʾp̄ḵynk' (ābgēnag, crystal, glass), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾpkynʾk, crystal), Ossetian авг (avg).

Noun

ապակի (apaki)

  1. glass (the material)
    ապակի պատուհանացapaki patuhanacʿwindow-glass
  2. drinking-glass (for wine)
  3. bottle

Usage notes

The word has three combining forms: ապակա- (apaka-), ապակե- (apake-) and ապակէ- (apakē-).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ապակագործ (apakagorc)
  • ապակագործութիւն (apakagorcutʿiwn)
  • ապակատարազ (apakataraz)
  • ապակեակ (apakeak)
  • ապակեղ (apakeł)
  • ապակեղէն (apakełēn)
  • ապակէգործ (apakēgorc)
  • ապակէգործութիւն (apakēgorcutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ապակի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ապակի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ապակի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ābgēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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