յորձ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally means “provided with testicles”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-h₃orǵʰi- (uncastrated, male (ram or buck)) and cognate with Ancient Greek ἔνορχις (énorkhis), ἐνόρχης (enórkhēs), ἔνορχος (énorkhos, uncastrated, with testicles; he-goat). For the constituents see յ- (y-), որձիք (orjikʿ).

Noun[edit]

յորձ (yorj)

  1. male sheep, ram

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • ? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *werʒ₁- (from Proto-Armenian)

References[edit]

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*orj-i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 538
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յորձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “որձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press