@nker, Barekam

[Arpa]

@nker, barekam.

 

This is kinda of a test.

 

I just stumbled on the word @nker and I was surprised, as you will also to learn its origin and etymology.

First, barekam. This is relatively easy, it means friend composed of "bari"=good/well and "kam/kamenal"=to wish to will, it simply means well-wisher.

 

On the other hand @nker does not really mean friend, and here are some of the clues.

Italians call each other "gumba", which in turn is a corrupted form of "compa". It may stand for two things. If it is an abbreviation of "compatriot" then its Armenian counterpart would be hayrenakits. Let us also consider another endearing word the Italians use among themselves- paysan, which simply means peasant, it is used to describe a person from the same village. The Armenian for that would be "geghatsi", in some dialects we also use "geghtsa".

Then there is the other interpretation of "gumba", as it may be the abbreviation of "compania/companion/company".

 

Look at the structure of the above words and see if you can guess what "@nker" really means.

I don't want to give too much away.

Answer to follow. In the meantime let's see what we come up with.

 

[Harut]

partner

[Arpa]

partner

Close!

This gives it a whole other yet related perspective which we will discuss at the end.

Another clue.

Just like the Latin word it is composed of two parts as com-pani.

[nairi]

for eating (or drinking?)

[MosJan]

yete hishorutyun chi davajanum yev jisht em haskanum dzer harts@ - @enker = @entrel+ Utel

 

@entrum es @enker miyasin utelu / kistelu

[Arpa]

Harut:

partner

 

Nairi:

for eating (or drinking?)

Mosjan:

yete hishorutyun chi davajanum yev jisht em haskanum dzer harts@ - @enker = @entrel+ Utel

 

@entrum es @enker miyasin utelu / kistelu

Very goog guys and gals, you all get A(-?). Movses gets the highest mark :)

 

Observe the Lord's Prayer in Latin. The highlighted phrase is known in Armenian as "Zhats mer hanapazor", and in English "our daily bread". Those who a little French also know that it is "pain" in that language. The Latin is from the root pf "panis"=bread. Therefor the in "com-pani/company/companion" in fact means "together-bread". This is explained in the English dictionary.

Harut's response opened a whole new vista and reinforced the usage of the Armenian word "@nker". I did not look this up but it seems obvious that "partner" is based on "take part/partake", to share, once again pointing to share (bread/food).

Pater noster, qui est in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in coelo et in terra. Panem nostrum cottidianum da nobis hodie et dimitte nobis dedita nostra, sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in temptationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen

 

Yes, Nairi and Movses the Arnenian word for "companion", not "friend" in a stricter sense, is "@nker", made up of "@n" and "ker". In fact the "@n" is the abbreviated form of "@nd" , a prefix that has many uses such as"@nd-hanur" (I should look this up too) etc. It means "general", "common". And of course we know what "ker" is , to eat/food. Put them together and you get "coomon-food" In other words an "@nker" is someone you share food/bread with;

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@n-ker=com-pan-ion.