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բնակ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bwnk' /⁠bunag⁠/, baggage; abode, camp), Classical Persian بنه (buna, household furniture, goods, and chattels; baggage; house; abode). Ultimately from the root discussed at բուն (bun). Georgian დაბუნაგება (dabunageba, to build (cattle) stalls/pens; to make (game) coverts), Old Georgian დაბუნაგება (dabunageba, to lodge) are borrowed from the same Iranian source.

Noun

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բնակ (bnak)

  1. domicile, habitation, dwelling
    Synonyms: բնակարան (bnakaran), յարկ (yark)
  2. (in the plural) sepulchre, tomb
    Synonyms: գերեզման (gerezman), շիրիմ (širim)
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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բնակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 457
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 121
  • 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 252
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 188
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

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Either formed within Armenian as բուն (bun) +‎ -ակ (-ak) or wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Classical Syriac ܒܘܢܟܐ (būnḵā).

Adjective

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բնակ (bnak)

  1. indigenous, native
  2. abiding, lasting, chronic
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Noun

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բնակ (bnak)

  1. inhabitant, native
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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բնակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 457
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 252
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy