դունչ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian դունչ (dunčʿ).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [dunt͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [tʰunt͡ʃʰ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | դունչ (dunčʿ) | դնչեր (dnčʿer) | ||
| dative | դնչի (dnčʿi) | դնչերի (dnčʿeri) | ||
| ablative | դնչից (dnčʿicʿ) | դնչերից (dnčʿericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | դնչով (dnčʿov) | դնչերով (dnčʿerov) | ||
| locative | դնչում (dnčʿum) | դնչերում (dnčʿerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | դունչը/դունչն (dunčʿə/dunčʿn) | դնչերը/դնչերն (dnčʿerə/dnčʿern) | ||
| dative | դնչին (dnčʿin) | դնչերին (dnčʿerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | դունչս (dunčʿs) | դնչերս (dnčʿers) | ||
| dative | դնչիս (dnčʿis) | դնչերիս (dnčʿeris) | ||
| ablative | դնչիցս (dnčʿicʿs) | դնչերիցս (dnčʿericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | դնչովս (dnčʿovs) | դնչերովս (dnčʿerovs) | ||
| locative | դնչումս (dnčʿums) | դնչերումս (dnčʿerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | դունչդ (dunčʿd) | դնչերդ (dnčʿerd) | ||
| dative | դնչիդ (dnčʿid) | դնչերիդ (dnčʿerid) | ||
| ablative | դնչիցդ (dnčʿicʿd) | դնչերիցդ (dnčʿericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | դնչովդ (dnčʿovd) | դնչերովդ (dnčʿerovd) | ||
| locative | դնչումդ (dnčʿumd) | դնչերումդ (dnčʿerumd) | ||
Middle Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Usually said to be from Old Armenian *ընդ-ունչ (*ənd-unčʿ), from ընդ (ənd) + ունչ (unčʿ). But compare Georgian დრუნჩი (drunči), დრუნგი (drungi), დინგი (dingi, “snout”), ტუჩი (ṭuči, “lip; snout, muzzle”).
Noun
դունչ • (dunčʿ), genitive singular դնչի (dnčʿi)
Derived terms
- դնչիկ (dnčʿik)
Descendants
- Armenian: դունչ (dunčʿ)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դունչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 656a
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “դունչ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 491
- Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “դունչ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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