մեկն

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mekən/, [mékən]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /meɡən/, [méɡən]

Etymology 1

Back-formation from մեկնել (meknel).

Adverb

մեկն • (mekn)

1. (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

• 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

Pronoun

մեկն • (mekn)

1. definite nominative singular of մեկ (mek)