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մկան

մկան

Armenian

Noun

մկան (mkan)

  1. muscle

Declension

Usage notes

Colloquially Russian мускул (múskul) is used instead.


Old Armenian

Etymology

Of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as մուկն (mukn, muscle); see it.

Noun

մկան (mkan)

  1. fleshy parts of the body (reins, loin, haunch, flank)
  2. (in the plural) the back
  3. (in the plural, figuratively) swell, waves, billows (on the water surface)

Declension

Descendants

References

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