Armenian

Noun

երակ • ‎(erak)

1. (anatomy) vein

   ամենաթույլ՝ թույլ երակը‎ ― amenatʿuyl, tʿuyl erakə ― weak spot, soft spot

   երակ ունենալ‎ ― erak unenal ― feel angry

2. (anatomy) blood vessel, artery or vein
3. ancestry, bloodline, lineage
4. branch, branching, ramification
5. (geology) vein, lode, seam
6. (geology) vein (natural underground watercourse)
7. shower, rain shower (sudden, short-lived downpour)

Declension

Derived terms

• զարկերակ ‎(zarkerak)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *rak: compare Middle Persian lk' ‎(*rag), Manichaean Parthian rhg ‎(*rahag), Persian رگ ‎(rag, “vein”).

Noun

երակ • ‎(erak)

1. (anatomy) vein

   պնդել զերակս, զննել զթնդիւնս երակի‎ ― pndel zeraks, znnel ztʿndiwns eraki ― to feel the pulse of

   զարկ, թնդիւն երակի‎ ― zark, tʿndiwn eraki ― beating, throbbing

   երակ առնուլ, հատանել‎ ― erak aṙnul, hatanel ― to breathe a vein, to bleed, to let blood

   զննել զերակ‎ ― znnel zerak ― (figuratively) to sound

2. (figuratively) string, filament, fibre; slender thread; nerve; arm of a river; vein, streak (of a mineral or metal)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: երակ ‎(erak)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Perixanjan, Anait (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 8