լոկ

From Old Armenian լոկ (lok).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [lok]

լոկ • (lok)

1. only, just, mere

   լոկ խոստումներ ― lok xostumner ― mere promises

լոկ • (lok)

1. only, sole
2. regular, simple
3. (dialectal, Van) bare, naked
4. (dialectal) innutritious; lean

լոկ • (lok)

1. (dialectal, Van) the innutritious layer of water on the surface of tan

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “լոկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
• “լոկ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 291

According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, feeble; loose”), whence also լոկ (lok). He compares various animal names derived from that root, such as Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”, literally “drooping ears”), Old Norse laki (“burbot”).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [lok]

լոկ • (lok)

1. (dialectal, Karabakh) Synonym of լորտու (lortu)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “լոկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 432a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 2, pages 39–40
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լոկ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 240b

• լուկ (luk)

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.

According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *logo-, from the root *(s)lēg- (“to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd”). For this root see Pokorny, who does not mention the Armenian. Cognate with Ancient Greek λήγω (lḗgō, “to stay from, to abate”), λαγάσσαι (lagássai, “to let go”), Latin laxus, langueō, Middle Low German lak (“loose”), etc. Furthermore, J̌ahukyan derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root by varying sense development paths and from various ablaut grades the following: լկնիմ (lknim), լկտի (lkti), dialectal լկռտվել (lkṙtvel), լկստվել (lkstvel), լակ (lak, “spoiled”), լակռթվել (lakṙtʿvel), լոկ (lok, “grass snake”). Finally, he notes that a derivation from some Iranian cognate of Shughni лоқ (lōq, “thin, lean”) is unlikely.

լոկ • (lok)

1. sole, alone, only

   լոկ ի լոկոյ ― lok i lokoy ― only, simply

   բանիւ լոկով ― baniw lokov ― with the word alone

2. simple; regular

   լոկ օր ― lok ōr ― work-day

3. empty, desert; deprived of

   լոկ մնալ ի մարդկանէ ― lok mnal i mardkanē ― to be, or to remain unpeopled

   լոկ եւ մերկ ի սփոփութենէ ― lok ew merk i spʿopʿutʿenē ― disconsolate, very sad

լոկ • (lok)

1. only, simply

• Armenian: լոկ (lok)
• Middle Armenian: լուկ (luk), լուք (lukʿ), լօք (lōkʿ)
• Romani: loko

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լոկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 260b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “լոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 891–892
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 291–292
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 959 of 959, 960
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 2, pages 39–40
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “լոկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 300a