Աղձնիք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Աղձնիք (Ałjnikʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑʁd͡zˈnikʰ/, [ɑʁd͡zníkʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑχt͡sˈnik/, [ɑχt͡sʰníkʰ]

Proper noun

Աղձնիք • (Aġjnikʻ)

1. Aghdznik, Arzanene (a historical province of Armenia)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Աղձնիք (Aġjnikʻ)
dative	Աղձնիքի (Aġjnikʻi)
ablative	Աղձնիքից (Aġjnikʻicʻ)
instrumental	Աղձնիքով (Aġjnikʻov)
locative	Աղձնիքում (Aġjnikʻum)
	definite forms
nominative	Աղձնիքը/Աղձնիքն (Aġjnikʻə/Aġjnikʻn)
dative	Աղձնիքին (Aġjnikʻin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Աղձնիքս (Aġjnikʻs)
dative	Աղձնիքիս (Aġjnikʻis)
ablative	Աղձնիքիցս (Aġjnikʻicʻs)
instrumental	Աղձնիքովս (Aġjnikʻovs)
locative	Աղձնիքումս (Aġjnikʻums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Աղձնիքդ (Aġjnikʻd)
dative	Աղձնիքիդ (Aġjnikʻid)
ablative	Աղձնիքիցդ (Aġjnikʻicʻd)
instrumental	Աղձնիքովդ (Aġjnikʻovd)
locative	Աղձնիքումդ (Aġjnikʻumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Thought to derive from Alzi, a land mentioned in Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions. Related to Արզն (Arzn), the name of a fortress in this province. Rendered in Ancient Greek as Ἀρζανηνή (Arzanēnḗ).

Proper noun

Աղձնիք • (Ałjnikʻ)

1. Aghdznik, Arzanene (a province of Armenia)

Declension

o-a-type

	plural (plurale tantum)
nominative	Աղձնիք (Ałjnikʻ)
genitive	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
dative	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
accusative	Աղձնիս (Ałjnis)
ablative	Աղձնեաց (Ałjneacʻ)
instrumental	Աղձնեաւք = Աղձնեօք (Ałjneawkʻ = Ałjneōkʻ)
locative	Աղձնիս (Ałjnis)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Աղձնիք (Aġjnikʻ) (learned)

References

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1904) Die altarmenischen Ortsnamen (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 248–251