ուրուկ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուրուկ (uruk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ուրուկ (uruk) (superlative ամենաուրուկ)

  1. (dated) leprous

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Iranian *wuruk, from earlier *vorūk-, and related to բոր (bor).[1]

Adjective

ուրուկ (uruk)

  1. leprous

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ուրուկ (uruk)

References

  1. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 188

Further reading

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