Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• անգիւն ‎(angiwn)

Noun

անկիւն • ‎(ankiwn)

1. angle

   անկիւն ճանապարհի‎ ― ankiwn čanaparhi ― turning of the road

   բութ անկիւն‎ ― butʿ ankiwn ― obtuse-angled, obtusangular

   սուր անկիւն‎ ― sur ankiwn ― acute-angled

2. corner, nook

   անկիւն հատանել‎ ― ankiwn hatanel ― to drill a hole (on a wall for robbery)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: անկյուն ‎(ankyun)

Etymology 2

Transliterated from Ancient Greek ἀγκών ‎(ankṓn, “elbow”) and confused with անկիւն ‎(ankiwn, “angle, corner”).

Noun

անկիւն • ‎(ankiwn)

1. elbow (of an arm-chair)

Declension

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անկիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անկիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անկիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ankiwn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 91