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)
Declension[edit]
i-type
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