խոլորձ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian խոլորձ (xolorj); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

խոլորձ (xolorj)

  1. orchid

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The first part is probably խոլ (xol, swelling, tonsil, gland), the second contains որձիք (orjikʻ, testicles), because of the form of the orchid's root. Compare Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis) with the same semantic development.

Noun

խոլորձ (xolorj)

  1. orchid

Descendants

  • Armenian: խոլորձ (xolorj)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոլորձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոլորձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոլորձն”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 330