Armenian

Adjective

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk) ‎(superlative ամենաանձուկ)

1. narrow, strait

   անձուկ փողոց‎ ― anjuk pʿołocʿ ― narrow street

2. (figuratively) constrained, straitened

   անձուկ պայմաններ‎ ― anjuk paymanner ― straitened circumstances

3. (figuratively) desired, longed-for

Declension

Noun

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk)

1. (figuratively) desire, wish

Declension

Etymology 2

From ան- ‎(an-) +‎ ձուկ ‎(juk).

Adjective

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk)

1. fishless, not containing fish, without fish

Declension

Adverb

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk)

1. without a fish

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “անձուկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. The origin of the final -կ ‎(-k) is uncertain.

Adjective

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk)

1. narrow, strait
2. difficult, tough

Declension

Noun

անձուկ • ‎(anjuk)

1. narrow passage, defile, strait, pass
2. mountainous place which is hard to traverse
3. anxiety, affliction
4. desire, wish

   անձուկ ունել‎ ― anjuk unel ― to desire, to wish

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: անձուկ ‎(anjuk)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անձուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 12
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 94