նույնիսկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• նույն իսկ (nuyn isk) — dated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նոյն իսկ (noyn isk).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈnujnisk/, [nújnisk]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈnujnisɡ/, [nújnisk]
• Hyphenation: նույ‧նիսկ
• Note the stress on the first syllable.

Particle

նույնիսկ • (nuynisk) (traditional orthography spelling նոյնիսկ)

1. even

   Synonym: դաժե (daže) (colloquial)

   Նույնիսկ Վահագը երբեմն սխալվում է։ ― Nuynisk Vahagə erbemn sxalvum ē. ― Even Vahag is wrong sometimes.

References

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “նույնիսկ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 718a
• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48