իքեն

իքեն

Armenian

Alternative forms

• իք^յա̈ն (ikʿ^yän)
• իքէն (ikʿēn) – traditional orthography spelling

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ايکن‎ (iken).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈkʰɛn]

Adverb

իքեն • (ikʿen) (dialectal)

1. while, whilst

   Synonyms: մինչ (minčʿ), մինչդեռ (minčʿdeṙ)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902) , “իքէն”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian and Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Vernacular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 149