մեկն
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Armenian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈmekən/, [mékən]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈmeɡən/, [méɡən]
Etymology 1[edit]
Back-formation from մեկնել (meknel).
Adverb[edit]
մեկն • (mekn)
- (dialectal, New Julfa) correctly, right, upright (referring e.g. to the way of sitting or holding a book)
- Մե՛կն նստիր։ ― Mékn nstir. ― Sit upright!
References[edit]
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 468
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեկին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
մեկն • (mekn)
- definite nominative singular of մեկ (mek)