Գառնիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Գառնիկ (Gaṙnik). Revived in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Գառնիկ • (Gaṙnik)

  1. a male given name, Garnik, Karnig

Declension

Further reading

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Գառնիկ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Etymology

From գառն (gaṙn) + -իկ (-ik), thus "little lamb". Used until the 6th century, and revived again in the 19th century. Compare Middle Armenian Գառնուկ (Gaṙnuk), with a different suffix.

Noun

Գառնիկ • (Gaṙnik)

  1. a male given name, Garnik

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Գառնիկ (Gaṙnik)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Գառնիկ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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