անութ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անութ (anutʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

անութ (anutʻ)

  1. armpit
    Synonyms: անթ (antʻ), թեւատակ (tʻewatak)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The original form is probably անթ (antʻ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nk-ti-, *h₂nk-to- (bending, bent arm), suffixed from *h₂enk- (to bend, curve).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(V)nt-h₂-o- and cognate with Lithuanian añtis (bosom).

Noun[edit]

անութ (anutʻ)

  1. armpit

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անթ (antʻ)
  • Armenian: անութ (anutʻ) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ant‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 83