ողորկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork); see it for more.

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ողորկ (oġork) (superlative ամենաողորկ)

  1. smooth, glossy, sleek, polished

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *lorgʷ- (smooth). Related to լերկ (lerk, hairless, bald). Cognate with Old Irish lerg.

Adjective[edit]

ողորկ (ołork)

  1. sleek, glossy, smooth, terse, polished
  2. level, plane
  3. (figuratively) refined, sweet, affable, agreeable
  4. (figuratively) artful, cunning, crafty
  5. (figuratively) elegant, polite

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ողորկ (oġork)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ողորկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ողորկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ողորկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy