փուք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փուք (pʿukʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

փուք • (pʿukʿ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air compressed and collected somewhere

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An onomatopoeic formation, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European and cognate with Old Armenian փչեմ (pʿčʿem, to blow, breathe), Persian پوک (puk, wind from the throat in blowing a fire), Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, bellows)

Noun

փուք • (pʿukʿ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air from the bellows
  3. (figurative) puffiness, haughtiness
  4. flatus, fart
    փուքս արձակել, հանել փուքսpʿukʿs arjakel, hanel pʿukʿsto fart, to let a fart, to break wind

Declension

Derived terms

  • անփքացութիւն (anpʿkʿacʿutʿiwn)
  • փուքք (pʿukʿkʿ)
  • փքաբեր (pʿkʿaber)
  • փքագոյն (pʿkʿagoyn)
  • փքաղիք (pʿkʿałikʿ)
  • փքամ (pʿkʿam)
  • փքանամ (pʿkʿanam)
  • փքանք (pʿkʿankʿ)
  • փքացութիւն (pʿkʿacʿutʿiwn)
  • փքացումն (pʿkʿacʿumn)
  • փքացուցանեմ (pʿkʿacʿucʿanem)
  • փքացուցիչ (pʿkʿacʿucʿičʿ)
  • փքնում (pʿkʿnum)
  • փքոցուռոյց (pʿkʿocʿuṙoycʿ)
  • փքումն (pʿkʿumn)
  • փքռիմ (pʿkʿṙim)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փուք (pʿukʿ)
  • Georgian: ფუქვა (pukva), ფუქუვა (pukuva)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 529ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փուք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 44
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), փուք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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