յօնք

յօնք

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• յունք (yunkʿ), օնք (ōnkʿ), ունք (unkʿ)

Etymology

From Old Armenian յօնք (yōnkʿ).

Noun

յօնք • (yōnkʿ) pl, genitive plural յօնից (yōnicʿ)

1. eyebrows
   • 1578 – 1632, Movsēs Tatʿewacʿi, Ołb i mahn Srapion Katʿołikosi [Lamentation of the death of Catholicos Srapion] :[1][2]

     Յայտդ քո լուսով, ունքդ քո կամար, զիա՞րդ նստեցար

     Yaytd kʿo lusov, unkʿd kʿo kamar, zia^?rd nstecʿar

     • Translation by S. Peter Cowe

       Your cheek with light, your eyebrows an arch, how did you disappear from sight?

Derived terms

• ընդվայրայօն (əndvayrayōn)
• կկզայօն (kkzayōn)
• կցայօն (kcʿayōn)
• յունքար (yunkʿar)
• յօնքար (yōnkʿar)

 

Descendants

• Armenian: հոնք (honkʿ)

References

1. Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73

Further reading

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “յօն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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Old Armenian

Noun

յօնք • (yōnkʿ)

1. nominative plural of յօն (yōn)