# անձուկ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɑnˈd͡zuk/, [ɑnd͡zúk]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɑnˈt͡suɡ/, [ɑnt͡sʰúɡ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Hyphenation: ան‧ձուկ

### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian անձուկ (anjuk).

#### Adjective

անձուկ • (anjuk) (superlative ամենաանձուկ)
* narrow, strait
    անձուկ փողոց ― anjuk pʻoġocʻ ― narrow street
* (figuratively) constrained, straitened
    անձուկ պայմաններ ― anjuk paymanner ― straitened circumstances
* (figuratively) desired, longed-for

##### Declension
#### Noun

անձուկ • (anjuk)
* (figuratively) desire, wish

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From ան- (an-) +‎ ձուկ (juk).

#### Adjective

անձուկ • (anjuk)
* fishless, not containing fish, without fish

##### Declension
#### Adverb

անձուկ • (anjuk)
* without a fish

### References

* Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “անձուկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus +‎ -ուկ (-uk). Alternatively, according to Henning, borrowed from the Middle Iranian cognate *anzūk: compare Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾnjwgyft /⁠anǰūg-īft⁠/, “anguish, distress”), Middle Persian 𐫍𐫗𐫋𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫏 (hnjwgyy /⁠hanǰūg-ī⁠/, “anguish”).

### Adjective

անձուկ • (anjuk)
* narrow, strait
* difficult, tough

#### Declension
### Noun

անձուկ • (anjuk)
* narrow passage, defile, strait, pass
* mountainous place which is hard to traverse
* anxiety, affliction
* desire, wish
    անձուկ ունել ― anjuk unel ― to desire, to wish

#### Derived terms

* ամենանձուկ (amenanjuk)
* անանձուկ (ananjuk)
* անծկագոյն (anckagoyn)
* անծկութիւն (anckutʻiwn)
* անձկաբեկ (anjkabek)
* անձկագոյն (anjkagoyn)
* անձկալի (anjkali)
* անձկական (anjkakan)
* անձկակարօտ (anjkakarōt)
* անձկամ (anjkam)
* անձկայրեաց (anjkayreacʻ)
* անձկանամ (anjkanam)
* անձկացուցանեմ (anjkacʻucʻanem)
* անձկիմ (anjkim)
* անձկոտ (anjkot)
* անձկութիւն (anjkutʻiwn)
* բազմանձուկ (bazmanjuk)
* նեղանձուկ (nełanjuk)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: անձուկ (anjuk)

### References

* ↑ Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 15
* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 420
* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անձուկ”, 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 204ab
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 42–43
* ↑ 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 588
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 12
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anjuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 94
* ↑ Henning, W. B. (1963) “Coriander”, in Asia Major, New Series‎, volume X/2, page 196
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39
* ↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 391a

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անձուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy