որձիք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis +‎ -ք (-kʻ). See also որձ (orj), յորձ (yorj). Proto-Georgian-Zan *werʒ₁- may be an Armenian borrowing.

Noun

որձիք • (orjikʻ) pl

1. testicles

Usage notes

The singular *որձի (*orji) is not attested.

Derived terms

• ամորձիք (amorjikʻ)
• խոլորձ (xolorj)
• խոլորձն (xolorjn)
• միորձի (miorji)
• յորձ (yorj)
• որձախոտ (orjaxot)
• որձակոտոր (orjakotor)
• որձամոլ (orjamol)
• որձաքար (orjakʻar)
• որձաքարեայ (orjakʻareay)
• որձեւէգ (orjewēg)
• որձխոտ (orjxot)
• որձկոճ (orjkoč)

 

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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
• 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